Trump backers unleash anti-Semitic tweets at 'New York Times' editor

It’s hard not to be a little shocked at the vileness of Trump supporters.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Updated: MAY 20, 2016 05:46
The headquarters of the New York Times is pictured on 8th Avenue in New York (photo credit: REUTERS)
The headquarters of the New York Times is pictured on 8th Avenue in New York
(photo credit: REUTERS)
New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman is clearly aware of Donald Trump supporters’ history of aggressive racism and anti-Semitism. So maybe he shouldn’t be surprised by the reaction to his tweet calling them out for it.
But it’s hard not to be a little shocked.
On Thursday, Weisman referred to Trump’s wavering renunciation of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke back in February, Melania Trump’s justification of the anti-Semitism unleashed on reporter Julia Ioffe for her GQ profile of the would-be first lady last week and Sheldon Adelson’s recent appeal for Republican Jewish leaders to support the presumptive GOP nominee for president - all in less than 140 characters.

Weisman’s tweet caught the eye of “Cyber Trump,” who proceeded to bait the Washington, D.C.-based Jewish journalist into a response.

After the exchange made waves in the Twitterverse, the anti-Semitic deluge only got far, far worse. Weisman retweeted the responses.