Roger Stone Posts, Deletes Meme of Trump Team Wearing Swastikas

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Roger Stone on Monday posted an image that included a digitally produced image of himself, President Trump and various White House officials and Trump backers wearing Nazi swastikas on Space Force uniforms. The meme, which he subsequently deleted, also had a swastika emblazoned in its right-hand corner.

“I love this,” Stone said on his Instagram account of the meme, which had a caption reading “in space no one can hear you lie.”

“Proud to be in this crew — but the only lies being told are by liberal scumbags #maga #republican #infowars,” he added.

Stone did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap.

It appears that Roger Stone has deleted this photo of him and Trump as the "Space Force" wearing uniforms clearly emblazoned with swastikas. https://t.co/uracvyLxfB pic.twitter.com/dzWHoWOKro

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 14, 2018

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The meme — likely created by a Trump hater — showed Stone, Trump, Sarah Sanders, Vice President Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Fox News host Sean Hannity and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) dressed as astronauts for President Trump’s proposed space force which used the swastika as its logo.

The image was up for an unspecified amount of time before Stone deleted it. In an update Tuesday afternoon, Stone apologized for the meme.

“Last night I posted an image attacking me and other supporters of the President that was sent to me by a hater. I did so to mock them,” he said. “I did not notice the image had a swastika in the corner . When It was brought to my attention I deleted it – so u libtards who are frothing at the mouth can stop sending insulting comments will only get u blocked”

Last night I posted an image attacking me and other supporters of the President that was sent to me by a hater. I did so to mock them . I did not notice the image had a swastika in the corner . When It was brought to my attention I deleted it – so u libtards who are frothing at the mouth can stop sending insulting comments will only get u blocked #maga

A post shared by Roger Stone (@rogerjstonejr) on Aug 14, 2018 at 10:35am PDT

Since Stone was booted from Twitter last fall, the right-wing provocateur has increasingly taken to Instagram to commune with his fans and keep his signature online voice alive.

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He has regularly used the platform to mock his enemies and post snapshots of his life in New York City and Florida.

Stone, one of President Trump’s oldest confidantes, is facing growing questions about his role in Russian hacking during the 2016 election. Stone has denied any involvement in the effort but he is known to have personally communicated with Russian operatives posing as the Twitter account Guccifer 2.0.

Mike Cernovich, a Timeline: From Choking Advice to Pizzagate to Firings (Photos)

Maybe you'd never heard of right-wing provocateur Mike Cernovich before last week, when he helped get James Gunn fired from the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" film by highlighting Gunn's old Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia. But Cernovich himself has a long history online, filled with both successes and statements he has since distanced himself from -- for reasons that will be obvious.
Advice on Choking Women

Before gaining fame as a Trump superfan, Cernovich got his start in the men's rights and pick-up artist community. His advice column, published on his blog "Danger and Play," included suggestions on the proper way to "choke" women during sex. This entry from December 2011 has since been deleted: "Choking works because it’s a show of dominance. Women only want to have consensual sex with men they know could rape them."
Pizzagate

Cernovich first came to wide public attention over his promotion of a conspiracy theory during the 2016 election that suggested that a pedophile ring was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C. pizzeria. The story was bunk, and Cernovich has moved to distance himself from Pizzagate.
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John Conyers

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Sam Seder

Mike Cernovich targeted the MSNBC contributor over a years-old joke about his daughter being raped. MSNBC dropped Seder in December 2017, but reinstated him after a public backlash.
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Sopan Deb

Cernovich went after New York Times reporter Sopan Deb in March 2017 over a tweeted pun about the rapper Bow Wow. The incident earned Deb an official rebuke from the Times' then-public editor, Liz Spayd.
Josh Barro

In November 2017, Cernovich demanded an apology from Josh Barro after the Business Insider Senior Editor made fun of his lisp. Barro swiftly retreated.
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Perry Fein

In June 2018, Los Angeles Times freelancer Perry Fein slipped into Cernovich's DMs and wished harm upon him. His relationship with the newspaper was over just hours later.
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James Gunn

Last week, Cernovich helped lead an online campaign highlighting old tweets in which Gunn joked about rape about pedophilia. Gunn offered an apology, but was dropped by Disney from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise.
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Cheri Jacobus

Before the James Gunn situation, Cernovich also led a brief and successful campaign to pressure USA Today to drop columnist Cheri Jacobus. The decision from the paper came after Jacobus' bizarre comments about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Ian Black

Cernovich has trained his fire on comedian Michael Ian Black, who has said several times on Twitter that his tweets about pedophilia were only jokes.
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Dan Harmon

Fresh off his victory in ousting Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy," Cernovich forced "Rick and Morty" co-creator Dan Harmon and his employers at Adult Swim to apologize over an old sketch that featured Harmon graphically simulating the rape of a baby. (The sketch used a doll, not an actual baby.)
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