Trump adviser claims anti-Semitic retweet was a mistake

The adviser doesn’t fall far from the Trump tree.


Following in the footsteps of Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic tweets, Lt. General Michael Flynn, a vice presidential runner-up and key adviser to the billionaire’s campaign retweeted a post with a similar hateful message.


“Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore,” the now-deleted retweet by Flynn wrote.


The retired general claimed it was an accident, and meant to only retweet the story that was attached to the post, not the anti-Semitic commentary that came with it.


“All, this is what was meant to be retweeted... the earlier retweet was a mistake. My sincerest apologies,” Flynn wrote shortly after deleting the hateful message.


The original tweet was a quoted post of a CNN Politics segment with a Hillary Clinton manager commenting on the Democratic National Convention leak.


Trump might have dodged a bullet by choosing Indiana governor Mike Pence over Flynn after this social media fiasco.


But, Flynn’s Twitter strategy appeared to follow the Trump method: write offensive tweets first, explain later.


The Republican nominee’s Twitter feed is embarassingly familiar with anti-Semitism, after Trump’s deleted attack ad on Hillary Clinton with a “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever” post with a Star of David graphic lifted from a neo-Nazi message board.


Flynn also isn’t the only high-profile Trump supporter showing racist colors on social Media