People are concerned that an $88 baseball sold on the Trump Organization's merch page could be a secret message to white supremacists

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• An $88 baseball on the Trump Organization's website is drawing suspicion as a potential dog whistle for white supremacy.
• Eighty-eight is defined by the Anti Defamation League as "one of the most common white supremacist symbols" as "numerical code for 'Heil Hitler.'"
• The baseball's high and unusual price raised eyebrows online in the aftermath of Trump tweeting a video of a supporter yelling "white power" and Facebook removing a Trump campaign ad warning about "dangerous" leftist mobs that included an upside down triangle, a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners in concentration camps.
• White supremacist imagery and messaging has been an issue for Trump and his campaign going back to the 2016 election.
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A new controversy over what could be white supremacist messaging from Trumpworld has emerged in the form of an $88 baseball being sold on the Trump Organization merchandise page. 

The number 88 is defined by the Anti Defamation League as "one of the most common white supremacist symbols" because of the letter H coming as the eighth letter in the alphabet, with 88 signifying "Heil Hitler."See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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