Fmr. Lt. General Michael Flynn Retweets a Pretty Anti-Semitic Tweet (UPDATED)

Former Lt. General Michael Flynn, one of the big RNC speakers last week, retweeted a pretty anti-Semitic tweet.

This is the tweet in question, sent out in reaction to Hillary Clinton‘s campaign manager playing up a possible link between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia:

And then Flynn went ahead and RT’d it:

Naturally, people on Twitter were shocked. Bill Kristol offered this possible explanation:

I respect the work of @GenFlynn at DIA and before. I doubt he read the last sentence. Still: Trumpism Corrupts. https://t.co/LyCEHmSIZp

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 24, 2016

Still though. As Flynn said, “new low.”

UPDATE –– 12:29 pm EDT: Flynn has since taken his tweet down and explained:

All, this is what was meant to be retweeted…the earlier retweet was a mistake. My sincerest apologies. https://t.co/0s1OqEC3gr

— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 24, 2016

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