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According to a report from Business Insider, Breitbart's Senior Editors told their writers to lay off President Trump's son-in-law. Veuer's Nick Cardona (@nickcardona93) has that story. Buzz60

Hundreds of thousands of tweets about Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon exploded on Twitter after reports detailed a feud between the two presidential advisers.

And several of those tweets targeting Kushner wereanti-Semitic, the Anti-Defamation League said.

The group said Monday its analysis found that many tweets labeled #FireKushner, #KushnerAtWar and #KushnersWar were anti-Semitic. Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is an Orthodox Jew.

Among those who tweeted about Kushner: David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard.

"What started as a few isolated anti-Semitic tweets suggesting that Jared Kushner should be 'fired' because of his 'Jewish supremacist views' has quickly metastasized into a full-blown onslaught of anti-Semtici hate speech," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "It shows how quickly hate speech can can multiply and come to light on social media platforms, and reminds us of how much work we need to do to combat hate."

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the trending hashtags.

#FireBannon trended alongside#FireKushner last week, following Bannon's removal from the Nation Security Council. The New York Times and Politico both reported on the rift between Bannon and Kushner. Trump has since made the two clear the air while the pair were at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend.

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