On Tuesday, an Observer staffer Dana Schwartz wrote an open letter to Jared Kushner Criticizing Kushner for not speaking out against Trump’s provoking of racist and anti-Semitic supporters The article went viral, causing Kushner to issue a statement saying Trump isn’t racist or anti-Semitic Kushner rejected the idea that Trump’s tweets encouraged white supremacists comparing this to blaming Bernie Sanders for people who “stomp and spit on American flags at his rallies." And he embraces people "of all racial and religious backgrounds."