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Eric Schmitt deletes Kanye West tweet after backlash over anti-semitic comments [View all]
By Jason Hancock - October 12, 2022 10:17 am
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Eric Schmitt tweeted Tuesday night in praising Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, then quickly deleted it as criticism rolled in over the rapper’s recent anti-semitic comments.
“America needs a @kanyewest @KidRock tour,” Schmitt, Missouri’s attorney general, wrote Tuesday night. “Let’s go!”
The tweet drew backlash since it was published just days after Ye was removed from Twitter and Instagram over anti-semitic posts, including saying he was going “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Earlier this month, Ye created controversy over an appearance at Paris Fashion Week where he wore a shirt that said “White Lives Matter.”
Schmitt’s Democratic rival, Anheuser-Busch heiress Trudy Busch Valentine, was among those who condemned Schmitt’s now-deleted tweet.
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