Flynn tweets brash message about Jews, apologizes for ‘mistake’

Published July 24, 2016 9:22pm ET



Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn hopped on Twitter Sunday afternoon to tweet support for Republican nominee Donald Trump. But in trying to help out a friend, the former Army general retweeted an anti-Semitic message, hurting Trump more than helping him.

It started Sunday morning when Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook said Russia may have hacked the Democratic National Committee’s email server in a move to help Trump.

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