Observer Owner, In Defending Father-In-Law's Embarrassing Twitter Behavior, Embarrasses Self
Brendan O'Connor · 07/06/16 03:42PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/bvwz6svimewxo1kiu0hi/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
This weekend, Donald Trump signaled once again to neo-Nazis and other anti-Semites that his campaign is a safe space for misogynistic Jew-bashing disguised as political criticism: The presumptive Republican nominee deploys such rhetoric with such frequency that it has become a pillar of Trumpism. And while right-wing hate groups across the country have celebrated this development both online and off, it has also revealed certain fissures in the institutions surrounding the Trump campaign—such as the newspaper owned by the candidate’s Orthodox Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has steadily risen in stature within the campaign over the past few months.