In an interview with presenter Alex Jones on Thursday, United States President Joe Biden criticized rapper Kanye West after the artist, praised Austrian dictator Adolf Hitler, and posted a swastika image attached to him on his Twitter account. a seven-pointed star — a symbol adopted by Judaism and stamped on the flag of the State of Israel.
“I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was an evil figure. And instead of giving him a platform, our political leaders should speak out and reject antisemitism wherever it is found. Silence is complicity.” said.
The American representative’s statement came at a time when Ye was making signs that he would run for president in 2024.
Recently, the White House has criticized former President Donald Trump for accepting the rapper in a private meeting. The artist was joined by influential Nick Fuentes, who is linked to nationalist movements and white supremacy groups, and British journalist Milo, at a meeting held at a luxury resort in Florida. Yiannopoulos, best known for being kicked out of Twitter in 2016 after his followers coordinated racist attacks on actress Leslie Jones.
“Intolerance, hatred and anti-Semitism have absolutely no place in the United States. Holocaust denial is disgusting and dangerous and should be strongly condemned,” the White House said in a statement.
Billionaire Elon Musk, the target of criticism and boycott by sponsors for restoring the accounts of several far-right influencers who were kicked off Twitter for hate speech, announced late Thursday night (1/12) that Ye’s Twitter account was suspended.
Kanye West’s interview with Alex Jones
Ye, whose face is covered in a black ski mask, appeared with Fuentes on the Infowars podcast Thursday. During the broadcast, the artist said that he saw good things about Hitler. “Every person, especially Hitler, has the ability to add positive things to humanity,” she said.
Host Alex Jones said that the Nazis were to blame. “But they also did good things. We must always stop humiliating the Nazis. I love the Jews. But I also love the Nazis,” he snapped. Yeah????????
In the USA, the leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition Norm Coleman and Matt Brooks criticized the rapper’s comments. “Enough! Conservatives who have accidentally surrendered to Kanye West should make it clear that he is an outcast.”
CEO of the Zionist organization ADL (Defamation Prevention League), US businessman Jonathan Greenblatt expressed similar sentiments about Ye on Friday.
“Anti-Semitism existed before Kanye West and will continue for a long time after that. Yet when one of the most well-known artists on the planet tries to somehow humanize Hitler, it makes one think that the Jews are plotting to silence him and silence him.” “It can incite people to violence to oppress black people,” he said.
source: Noticias
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