President Joe Biden took to Twitter to denounce antisemitism and Holocaust denial Friday, the day after rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, defended Adolf Hitler and Nazis in an interview.
Biden’s comments come after Ye dined at Mar-a-Lago with former President Donald Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Trump has announced he is again seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
“The Holocaust happened,” Biden said. “Hitler was a demonic figure.”
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I just want to make a few things clear:
The Holocaust happened.
Hitler was a demonic figure.
And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.
Silence is complicity.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 2, 2022
“And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides,” he continued. “Silence is complicity.”
In addition to his association with Trump, Ye had become a popular figure among conservatives before he began espousing antisemitic views.
Trump denied in a post on his social media platform that he knew Fuentes or that Ye said anything antisemitic during their meeting.
Ye gave a bizarre interview during which he trafficked in stereotypes about Jews and complained about others “dissing Nazis,” claiming the genocidal regime did some good things. He was speaking on Alex Jones’s show.
Biden has said the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was a major reason he ran for president.
The White House has said that it will call out racism and antisemitism wherever it exists, arguing that Republicans do not always do the same.
Many Republican leaders did condemn Trump’s meeting with Fuentes.
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Biden is considering a run for reelection, which could potentially lead to a rematch with Trump.
Ye has said he is also considering running for president in 2024.
