A prominent new communications official within the Trump campaign organization has apologized if anyone was offended by an anti-Hillary Clinton tweet the candidate sent out over the weekend featuring the Star of David that has led to charges of anti-semitism.

Kellyanne Conway, a Republican strategist recently snapped up by the Trump to bolster his campaign operation, told CNN Tuesday, expressed regret over the tweet Tuesday, after Trump and his camp spent the July Fourth weekend blasting critics over it.

'I’m very sorry if people were offended,' Conway said.

'I just think that we all, everybody really needs to look at the measure of somebody beyond 140 characters in a single tweet,' she added.

Trump tweeted on Monday that the star wasn't the Jewish Star of David but rather a sheriff's star.

'Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff's Star, or plain star!' Trump tweeted after getting hammered with bad publicity over the tweet.

Trump campaign spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway says she's sorry if anyone was offended by the image, which the campaign removed over the weekend

Trump social media director Dan Scavino bristled at the suggestion of anti-Semitism and noted that he celebrates holidays with his wife's jewish family

Dan Scavino, Trump's social media director who says he found the image online, blasted the mainstream media in a tweet Tuesday and invoked his jewish family.

'For the MSM to suggest that I am antisemite is AWFUL. I proudly celebrate holidays w/ my wife's amazing Jewish family for the past 16 years.'

Conway, who formerly advised the presidential campaign of senator Ted Cruz, further vouched for Trump by noting that he opened up his Florida golf club to Jewish players for the first time.

'And we all know that Mr. Trump opened up his club in Florida to Jewish members for the first time,' she said.

She was referencing his inclusion of black and Jewish golfers at Mar a Lago in Palm Beach in the 1990s, while other established clubs had excluded Jews.

She referenced Scavino's Jewish wife as well as Trump daughter Ivanka Trump's marriage to Jared Kushner, who is Jewish.

'And I don’t speak for the social media director and I don’t speak to Mr. Trump. However, I’m going to side with Dan Scavino, who’s married to a Jewish woman and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump on this. They know the full measure of a man,' Conway said.

CNN co-host John Berman seemed floored by the apology, noting it was, 'Is so much more than came from the campaign in the first three days of this controversy.'

Scavino, who says he posted the image, issued a statement over the weekend. 'The social media graphic used this weekend was not created by the campaign nor was it sourced from an anti-Semitic site. It was lifted from an anti-Hillary Twitter user where countless images appear,' he said in the statement.

'The sheriff’s badge – which is available under Microsoft’s “shapes” - fit with the theme of corrupt Hillary and that is why I selected it.'

'As the Social Media Director for the campaign, I would never offend anyone and therefore chose to remove the image,' he concluded.

The billionaire businessman tweeted the graphic Saturday morning at 8:47 a.m., but deleted it about two hours later, replacing it with a photo-shopped version of the meme with a circle in the star's place

The original tweet accused Clinton of being the 'most corrupt candidate ever,' in words scrolled over a six-point star and $100 bills.

The graphic was made by an anonymous 'comedian' named @FishBoneHead1 on Twitter, who tweeted at the Hill Newspaper, which was covering the controversy, to show journalists the original file, which the individual had tweeted out starting on June 15.

The contrition from Conway, who joined the campaign just last week, is a break in tone from standard procedure. Trump told 'Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon last year: 'I fully think apologizing is a great thing, but you have to be wrong. He continued: 'I will absolutely apologize sometime in the distant future if I'm ever wrong.'

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Today Donald Trump tweeted out a defense saying the six-point star in a graphic he tweeted out wasn't a Jewish Star of David, but a law enforcement star, which also has six points

Donald Trump sent out two versions of the image - one with a Star of David (left) and one with a circle (right) after the original image started getting panned by critics

Twitter user FishBoneHead1 originally tweeted the image on June 15, which Donald Trump than tweeted out Saturday morning

In communication with the Hill newspaper, FishBoneHead1 took credit for the 'original file,' which included a controversial use for the Jewish Star of David

The Trump version went out Saturday morning at 8.47 a.m. with the message 'Crooked Hillary -- Makes History!' and also included a Fox News poll that found 58 per cent of voters believe that the former secretary of state is 'corrupt.'

It was juxtaposed against a black and white image of Clinton with a riff from her own presidential campaign statement about how she would make history as the first female nominee of a major political party.

Then there's the red Star of David emblazoned with the words, 'most corrupt candidate ever!'

Behind Clinton's photo there are $100 bills scattered around in piles.

About two hours after putting the post up, the real estate mogul sent out another tweet that replaced the Star of David with a circle, though used the same text.

Trump deleted the original post, though opened himself up to controversy and charges of antisemitism, with the implication that Clinton's fundraising comes from corrupt Jews.

As for the origin of the image, FishBoneHead1 describes himself as a 'comedian' who will 'probably offend you if you are Liberal, Politically Correct, Feminist, Democrat or Piers Morgan.'

The comedian's Twitterfeed is filled with controversial imagery including a cartoon of a blonde woman welcoming Muslim refugees – who then gets her head cut off.

The Twitter user who created the Star of David graphic rails against political correctness and suggests Americans should be more wary of 'Islamists'

FishBoneHead1 portrayed the Democrats as whining babies for holding a sit-in in the aftermath of the Orlando terror attack. The comedian suggested in another tweet that Americans should blame radical Islam over guns

The Twitter user also suggested that President Obama was elected thanks to 'liberal white guilt' and brought up the president' Nobel Peace Prize win as well

In another tweet the user shows the House Democrats during their sit-in, with cartoonish words over the group saying 'Waaah! Waaah!'

In another, there's a photo of President Obama speaking to a packed crowd. 'Liberal White Guilt,' the tweet reads. 'Can get you a Presidency and a Nobel Prize even when you are a total failure.'

Other tweets bring up Bill Clinton's infidelity and mock Democrats for suggesting that hatred of gay Americans and guns were bigger issues in the Orlando shooting than gunman Omar Mateen's pledge to fight for ISIS.

'Fight liberal stupidity,' that tweet advises.

After its creation, FishBoneHead1's graphic was then shared on /pol/, according to Mic.com, the 'politically incorrect' 4chan discussion board that attracts dialogue from neo-Nazis, anti-semites and white supremacists.

The image appeared there as early as June 22, but has since been deleted.

Later Sunday afternoon, FishBoneHead1 deleted his or her Twitter account.

Twitter users, pictured above, expressed their outrage over the ad by the presidential hopeful

Before Trump took to Twitter today to defend himself, his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski did so Sunday during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union.

'A tweet is a simple tweet, and the bottom line is you can read into things that aren't there,' Lewandowski, who was recently hired by CNN as a contributor, said.

'This is a simple star ... it's the same star that sheriff's departments across the country use all over the place to represent law enforcement.

'To read into something that isn't there is... I think that's the mainstream media trying to attack Donald Trump for something that really isn't there.'

He added that the Trump campaign put a new tweet up with a circle, but said that Clinton is corrupt.

When Lewandowski was pressed about why the campaign would release an updated version of the graphic without the star, he deflected and said the criticisms were 'political correctness run amok.'

For years, Trump has been known for using his Twitter account that has more than nine million followers to insult and attack his rivals.

And during this intense presidential campaign Trump has received criticism for retweeting others including messages from white supremacists.

Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski (above), defended him on CNN on Sunday. 'A tweet is a simple tweet, and the bottom line is you can read into things that aren't there,' he said

In addition, the presumptive Republican nominee has fought accusations in the past of anti-Semitism and racism.

In March, while speaking to the largest pro-Israel lobby in the United States, AIPAC, Trump declared his love for Jewish people and Israel.

'I love the people in this room,' Trump told AIPAC attendees. 'I love Israel. I've been with Israel so long in terms of - I've received some of my greatest honors from Israel.

'My father before me. Incredible. My daughter Ivanka, is about to have a beautiful Jewish baby.

'In fact, it could be happening right now, which would be very nice as far as I'm concerned.'

During a CNN debate, Trump also said: 'I have a lot of – I have tremendous love for Israel. I happen to have a son-in-law and a daughter that are Jewish, OK? And two grandchildren that are Jewish.'



