Donald Trump posted a tweet Tuesday featuring a Nazi swastika next to a picture of GOP rival Jeb Bush.
The outspoken candidate for the Republican presidential nomination — who recently lost his lead in the polls to Ben Carson — has come under fire for inflammatory statements about women and immigration during his campaign.
Tuesday's tweet from Trump appeared to be quoting from — or a partial retweet of — a supporter's message with a photo collage of anti-Bush imagery. In addition to the Nazi swastika, the montage featured an image of Bush in a sombrero next to a cactus.
Bush, whose wife is Mexican, has slammed Trump's statements on immigration.
Social-media users were quick to zero in on the controversial imagery.
"Tweeting out swastikas and racial stereotypes to attack @jebBush. Very grown up," one Twitter user wrote.
"You just reposted a photo montage that called Jeb Bush a Nazi AND had him dressed as a mariachi," another added.
Trump's campaign said the candidate had not seen the accompanying image when he retweeted the Tweet “like hundreds of others” and said the post has since been deleted.
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It wasn't the first time Trump's social-media machine come under fire. In July, his campaign tweeted an image featuring Nazi uniforms. A month later, one of his aides was fired over racially-charged statements on Facebook.
