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San Antonio mayor wants Ye’s July 4 concert canceled over past hate speech
Key takeaways
- Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones took to social media, calling for a July 4 concert featuring the artist, now known as Ye, to be canceled over the rapper s past antisemitic statements.
- She added, Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.
- Jones remarks come as European leaders have banned or pushed back against the Power rapper from performing in their countries.
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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones took to social media, calling for a July 4 concert featuring the artist, now known as Ye, to be canceled over the rapper s past antisemitic statements.
I support canceling the Ye concert, Jones wrote on social platform X. Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome—not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation s 250th birthday.
She added, Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.
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