The Anti-Defamation League is putting Donald Trump's donations toward an anti-bullying campaign

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has donated $56,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that fights prejudice against Jewish people. That's the same Trump who has invoked the Nazi salute when asking supporters to pledge their allegiance to him, an action a former league director was quick to criticize.

To show the league doesn't support Trump's blatant discrimination against several minority groups, they're redirecting his donations to a national anti-bullying campaign they run called No Place for Hate, Politico reports.

"We are taking this step to demonstrate that, even as the campaign has surfaced ugly rhetoric, we can reach higher," CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement Monday. "Even as his campaign has mainstreamed intolerance, we can push back on the hate and evoke our better angels not just with words, but with deeds."

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