5 times Donald Trump has engaged with alt-right racists on Twitter
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

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Last weekend, Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike for tweeting an image widely considered to be anti-Semitic.

The image, which called Hillary Clinton the "most corrupt candidate ever," included a six-pointed star (many interpreted it to be the Star of David) and a pile of money.

Trump promptly replaced it with another version that included a circle instead, but not before the image was traced to a Twitter account known for promoting racist views.

Trump, who is highly active on Twitter and often retweets praise from his millions of followers, has come under fire many times during his presidential candidacy for engaging with Twitter users who espouse racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise offensive views.

And outside of Twitter, he's struggled to convince voters that he doesn't sympathize with fringe conservative groups. He earned severe rebukes for his hesitation to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.

"It's not a left-wing issue or a right-wing issue," Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League, told the New York Times. "It's not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. It's a matter of common sense ... It would be appropriate and timely for the presumptive GOP nominee for the White House to say unequivocally, I want nothing to do with these ideas."

Even Trump's wife Melania, who has been relatively quiet about her husband's campaign, said she wished he would be more careful in deciding who to retweet.

"Sometimes I feel that, you know, the retweets sometimes get him in trouble," she said during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity in April. "So I say, stay away from retweets."

A Fortune Magazine analysis revealed that Trump has retweeted dozens of Twitter users who follow at least three "#WhiteGenocide influencers" and are themselves followed by over 100 such accounts. And certain members of his staff also follow racist Twitter profiles with major followings.

Here's a look at five times Trump has interacted with questionable Twitter users.

1. The Star of David image Trump tweeted was originally posted on an alt-right message board, according to Mic. It was also traced to a now deleted Twitter account, @Fishbonehead1, which has tweeted other material that disparages Jewish journalists, Muslim refugees, and black Democrats.

Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Star of David tweet
Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Star of David tweet

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2. In November, Trump retweeted an image claiming that blacks are responsible for 81% of white homicides, and that the percentage of blacks killed by police is 1%. The tweet has since been deleted.