The weeks-long spate of anti-semitic remarks by Kanye ‘Ye’ West appears to have inspired a rally in support of the controversial US rapper.
On Saturday, an anti-semitic group rallied support for West on the Los Angeles 405 freeway with a banner that reads “Kanye is right about the Jews” — in reference to the rapper’s widely-condemned remarks.
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Yesterday, the head of an antisemitic and white supremacist group (and his supporters) dropped banners over the 405 in Los Angeles. One banner read, "Kanye is right about the Jews.” pic.twitter.com/FQBFIm0WLX
Advertisement— Oren Segal (@orensegal) October 23, 2022
According to TMZ, the “fiercely hateful” comments and rally appear to be the work of a group called the Goyim Defense League.
The demonstrators were said to have given the Nazi salute at passing drivers.
In recent weeks, West has gone on several anti-semitic rants on social media platforms.
On Instagram, the rapper alleged that Jews control Hollywood.
After being suspended from the platform, West took to Twitter to say he was going “death con 3 on the Jewish people” — referring to the military readiness condition “DEFCON.”
“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” the rapper added.
This prompted Instagram and Twitter to lock the rapper’s accounts for violating its policies.
Reacting in a statement on Sunday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) described the rally as a “loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism.”
The ADL’s Southern California branch also referred to it as an “outrageous effort to fan the flames of antisemitism gripping the nation.”
Outrageous effort to fan the flames of antisemitism gripping the nation. This group is known for espousing vitriolic #antisemitism and white supremacist ideology. Hate has no place in Los Angeles or elsewhere and these attempts will not divide us. pic.twitter.com/i8szPO1RUw
— ADL Southern California (@ADLSoCal) October 23, 2022
“This group is known for espousing vitriolic #antisemitism and white supremacist ideology.nHate has no place in Los Angeles or elsewhere and these attempts will not divide us,” it wrote.
The rapper earlier had a heated face-off with Diddy after he called the Black Lives Matter campaign a “scam” and backed the White Lives Matter slogan.
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