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Sarah Silverman Slammed After Erroneous Swastika Tweet

Silverman is getting slammed on social media after she mistakenly tweeted out a picture of what she believed were swastikas on a city sidewalk.

Sarah Silverman is known for her particular brash form of comedy. But this time a number of people are laughing at the comedienne, not with her. 

Silverman is getting slammed on social media after she mistakenly tweeted a picture of what she believed were swastikas on a city sidewalk.

Only the markings weren't swastikas. As many quickly pointed out they were construction markings used to designate the locations of underground pipes and wires.

https://twitter.com/kmbishop1/status/831514027717173249

Silverman later acknowledges her mistake. But she also took the opportunity to go after Donald Trump and his current administration in part for her error. 

https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/830961454195015686

"I'm seeing swastikas in everything fratboys. It started w Bannon's rise & festered when trump decided not 2 mention Jews re the Holocaust," she wrote. 

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