Guess Who Just Defended Trump's Anti-Clinton 'Star of David' Tweet

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted, then deleted an attack ad Saturday that featured Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and what some claimed to be a red Star of David with the words, “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!”

CNN’s Jeremy Diamond captured a screenshot of the tweet before it was deleted, and posted it to Twitter:

.@realDonaldTrump deleted the original tweet about Hillary Clinton with a six-pointed star, but here's a screen grab pic.twitter.com/eOtNoapWzC

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 2, 2016

Trump was quick to post a modified ad containing a red circle instead of the six-point star:

Crooked Hillary -- Makes History! #ImWithYou #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/PKQhYhMmIX

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2016

Others, however, were not so quick to forget:

Hey @realDonaldTrump I think you deleted this Anti-Semitic tweet? No worries, I saved it for you: pic.twitter.com/FjHJO0cQdQ

— Alex Zalben (@azalben) July 2, 2016

The circle is now complete, @realDonaldTrump: pic.twitter.com/5Cvdz0ZkxG

— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) July 2, 2016

@realDonaldTrump Bigoted ,racist xenophobic red necks are now hiding under your umbrella that's your base pic.twitter.com/ldOwrC5tKN

— Jake from state farm (@my2bits4u) July 2, 2016

But one person did come to the candidate's defense: Former Trump campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski.

Image source: CNN

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, Lewandowski accused Trump critics of "read[ing] into something that's not there." He noted that the six-point star is the same symbol used by sheriffs across the country to represent law enforcement and called the backlash against Trump's the tweet "political correctness run amok."

Watch:

Lewandowski: Pushback on Trump's star tweet is "political correctness run amok" https://t.co/jhYzAouS3r #CNNSOTU https://t.co/78dMzH38Mn

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 3, 2016