Hillary Clinton's campaign said a Donald Trump tweet used 'blatantly anti-Semitic' imagery. | AP Photo Clinton camp: Trump's tweet 'blatantly anti-Semitic'

Hillary Clinton’s campaign bashed Donald Trump on Monday for his “use of anti-Semitic imagery” in a weekend tweet, adding that the presumptive Republican nominee has showed a pattern that “should give voters major cause for concern.”

The tweet — which has since been deleted — featured a picture of Clinton on a backdrop of money next to a six-pointed star that read “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” It drew widespread backlash almost immediately, as the shape resembles the Jewish Star of David.


“Donald Trump’s use of a blatantly anti-Semitic image from racist websites to promote his campaign would be disturbing enough, but the fact that it’s a part of a pattern should give voters major cause for concern,” said Sarah Bard, Clinton’s director of Jewish outreach, in a statement. “Now, not only won't he apologize for it, he's peddling lies and blaming others.”

Trump himself denied the tweet had anti-Semitic connotations, blaming the media for mischaraterizing a “sheriff’s star.”

A version of the Clinton-star graphic appeared last month on a neo-Nazi Internet message board that features anti-Semitic posts.

After the tweet was deleted, a revised graphic was posted to Trump’s Twitter account, this time with a circle subbed in for the star.

Bard said Trump “should be condemning hate, not offering more campaign behavior and rhetoric that engages extremists.”