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The claim was made in response toDonald Trump Jr.s decision to share an image on Instagram entitled The Deplorables, with DonaldTrump and severalprominent supporters superimposed on a poster from The Expendables to mockClintons claim last week that half of Donald Trumps supporters are a basket of deplorables.

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Pepe the Frog is a prominent face in the photo, which also includes Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos as well as politicians such as Chris Christie and Dr. Ben Carson.

In an attempt to horrify potential Clinton supporters,Elizabeth Chan, one of Clintons senior strategists wrote, that Pepe the Frog is a symbol associated with white supremacy.

Wait. Really? White supremacy?, the post continues before explaining that Pepe is a cartoon frog who began his internet life as an innocent meme enjoyed by teenagers and pop stars alike.

But in recent months, Pepes been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the alt-right. Theyve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy, it continues.

The post then uses this as an attempt to attack Trump, who retweeted a mocked up image of himself as Pepe the Frog in October last year.

Trump has retweeted his white supremacist supporters with regularity, but the connection between the alt-right and his campaigncontinues to strengthen.Now white supremacists have given Pepe the cartoon frog some Trump hairand the candidates own son says he is honored to be grouped with him, the post concludes.

You can follow Ben Kew on Facebook, on Twitter at @ben_kew,oremail him at ben@yiannopoulos.net

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