Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images Weekly Standard editor William Kristol was called "renegade Jew" by the Breitbart website, causing the term to trend online.

The term "Renegade Jew" trended on Twitter on Sunday night after a Breitbart article used the phrase to describe conservative commentator William Kristol.

"Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew Prepares Third Party Effort to block Trump’s Path to White House," read the headline of the article by Jewish writer David Horowitz.

The article was about efforts by Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, to back a third-party bid for the White House over presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump, and did not directly address Kristol's faith.

A discussion about the Iran nuclear deal, however, was included at the end:

Trump has promised to abandon the Iran deal, while Hillary Clinton and all but a handful of Democrats have supported this treachery from start to finish. Kristol is now one of their allies.

While the term "renegade Jew" is used only in the headline and not in the story, there were more than 1,500 tweets using the phrase on Sunday night.

Here's a sampling:

This Breitbart/Bill Kristol thing just gave me the best idea for a buddy cop movie: RENEGADE JEW — Cannes Boo (@J_Rosenfield) May 16, 2016

"I'm Renegade Jew and this is my sidekick Shofar Boy!" - also solves the Marvel Comics issue — Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 16, 2016

"I am so about this bacon." - Renegade Jew — Westin Porterhouse V (@Mr_Sherrill) May 16, 2016

The Hebrew Hammer creators @Jon_Kesselman and @TheAdamGoldberg should totally weigh in on this "renegade Jew" morass pic.twitter.com/ZVdzFHERMs — lobsterstyle (@lobsterstyle) May 16, 2016

If @BillKristol is a "renegade Jew," where do I sign up? — Jonathan Greenberg (@JGreenbergSez) May 16, 2016

To be fair, “Renegade Jew” sounds arguably badass. https://t.co/cnxVZNqsmR — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 16, 2016

@ultradavid Here is the picture of this radical renegade jew you can see how much of a rebel he is, the hat says it pic.twitter.com/aMjvcWM3mp — Malaclypse (@MalaclypseLoL) May 16, 2016

"Renegade Jew" is a kickass band name TBH https://t.co/pWKspi7L5m — Brooke Rogers (@BrookAnglnRogrs) May 16, 2016

If we're being real tho, "Renegade Jew" would be a 🔥 title for Drake's next album. — Jon Schneidman (@RealSchneidman) May 16, 2016

Thinking of changing my Twitter bio to "Renegade Jew" — Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) May 16, 2016

Renegade Jew was actually a character cut from Inglourious Basterds. — Chris L (@aLostCosmonaut) May 16, 2016

Really bummed that Renegade Jew trending has nothing to do with some Jewish vigilante fighting crime in a superhero outfit. — Alan Berman (@TheBermanShow) May 16, 2016

FWIW, anyone described as a "Renegade Jew" is my kind of people. Friend, drinking buddy, partner in crime, etc.



If you get it, you get it. — Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) May 16, 2016

I was trying to found find the @BreitbartNews Renegade Jew piece and found this gem. #ImEmbarrassedForYouhttps://t.co/99KhjHn6ic — Alan Berman (@TheBermanShow) May 16, 2016

If Bill Kristol's business cards don't have "Renegade Jew" on them by tomorrow, he has no soul. https://t.co/O5OK05EtxK — Hadouken Jones (@Wordbeast) May 16, 2016

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.