President Joe Biden urged “political leaders” to “reject anti-Semitism wherever it hides” after Kanye West claimed the Holocaust “did not happen” and praised the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler in a recent appearance about conspiracy theorists Alex Jones’ Infowars podcast. The Commander-in-Chief went to his Twitter on Friday November 2 to condemn the hateful rhetoric, writing: “I just want to clarify a few things: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure.”
I just want to clarify a few things:
The Holocaust happened.
Hitler was a demonic figure.
And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should call out and oppose anti-Semitism wherever it hides.
Silence is complicity.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 2, 2022
Biden also appeared to be referring to this Donald Trump’s last dinner with kanye and holocaust deniers Nick Fuentes. “And rather than give it a platform, our political leaders should call out and reject anti-Semitism wherever it hides,” Biden declared, concluding, “Silence is complicity.”
The fiery news came a day after the “famous” rapper made his bizarre appearance on Jones’ show, where he said he was “not a Nazi” but exclaimed, “I see good things in Hitler, too.” He added : “I love everyone, and Jewish people will not tell me: ‘You can love us and you can love what we do to you with the contracts.'”
Wearing a black full face mask, Kanye continued to spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and his apparent love for the Third Reich. “Every person has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler,” he said, before appearing to defend the Nazi leader and his followers. “They have done good too. We have to stop always dissing the Nazis, I love Jews, but I also love Nazis.”
Shortly after Kanye’s podcast appearance, he took to his own Twitter account and shared a picture of a swastika within an image of the Star of David. Then, for the second time in less than two months, Kanye was kicked off Twitter, this time by his sometimes BFF Elon Muskwho recently bought the platform. After a Twitter user asked Elon to “fix Kanye,” the billionaire CEO replied, “I tried my best. Despite this, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”
The night before he launched his Twitter slam of anti-Semitism, Biden enjoyed his glamorous state dinner. The event was labeled as an attempt to revive US ties with France as both presidents Emmanuel Macron and his wife First Lady Bridget macron, were there. And the party was bursting at the seams with glitterati included John legend & Chrissy Teigen, Jennifer Garner, Julia Louis Dreyfus and more. Look at the pictures here!