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Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2015, 11:46 AM

Ann Coulter is being blasted as a bigoted "idiot" after she shocked social media users late Wednesday with a tweet that many are calling anti-Semitic.

The rightwing pundit went on a Twitter tirade during the Republican presidential candidate debate, accusing participants of kowtowing to special interests when she wrote: "How many f---ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?"

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The tweet, which was shared nearly 2,000 times, prompted criticism from hundreds of people, including actor and comedian Seth Rogen.

"You're a horrible f-----g idiot," Rogen wrote to the Coulter.

Coulter, 53, said her comment was "not about Jewish people."

The sharp-tongued commentator told her nearly 660,000 followers on Twitter that she was instead calling out the GOP "panderers" for repeatedly reiterating their support for Israel during the debate.

"I like the Jews, I like fetuses, I like Reagan. Didn't need to hear applause lines about them all night," she tweeted. "Cruz, Huckabee Rubio all mentioned ISRAEL in their response to: 'What will AMERICA look like after you are president.'"

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The candidates had just addressed the need to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

"Ugly & reprehensible anti-Semitic Tweet. @AnnCoulter, have you lost your mind?" author Joel Rosenberg wrote. "Such behavior is not conservative."

Coulter responded, saying she was a "huge Israel fan."

"I was attacking GOP for pandering on Israel (AND Reagan AND abortion)," she said.

Others didn't accept the explanation and called for her to apologize.

It's not the first time Coulter has drawn heat for her remarks.

In May, she said Americans should fear immigrants more than ISIS terrorists.

Coulter was unfazed by the onslaught of criticism she received in 2012 for calling President Obama a "retard."

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