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Just two months after the Trump campaign got into trouble for tweeting an image that was widely seen as anti-Semitic, a member of the Republican nominees family is at it again. On Sunday, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of Donald Trump, proudly promoted the above Instagram post, which includes a meme frequently shared by white supremacists. Apparently I made the cut as one of the Deplorables, he wrote, referring to a series of controversial comments Hillary Clinton recently made about Trumps supporters. All kidding aside I am honored to be grouped with the hard working men and women of this great nation that have supported@realdonaldtrump [sic] and know that he can fix the mess created by politicians in Washington.

The image, which plays off Sylvester Stallones geriatric action movie The Expendables, shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his sons alongside such hard working men as prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Breitbart commentator Milo Yiannopouloswho was banned from Twitter for inciting hateful rhetoricand Pepe the Frog, an amphibian meme that has been appropriated by Trumps alt-right followers, some of whom use the image to peddle racism, anti-Semitism, and white nationalism.

Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally, tweeted the same image on Saturday, while former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who is running for Senator in Louisiana, tweeted his own version of the meme, boasting the tagline: Anti-Racist is a code word for anti-white.

This is not the first time that some of the men of the #basketofdeplorables, as Don Jr. tagged the photo, have promoted anti-Semitic or racist rhetoric online, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Donald Trump himself has several times retweeted users who openly support white supremacyone user he retweeted went by @WhiteGenocideTMbut he has claimed no responsibility for his actions, arguing, essentially, that retweets do not equal endorsements.

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