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Kanye West’s July 4 concert under fire: San Antonio mayor urges cancellation
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Kanye West’s upcoming Independence Day concert in San Antonio is facing mounting backlash after the city’s mayor publicly called for the event to be canceled.
- I support canceling the @kanyewest concert.
- — Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones (@Mayor_GOJ) June 20, 2026
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Kanye West’s upcoming Independence Day concert in San Antonio is facing mounting backlash after the city’s mayor publicly called for the event to be canceled.
Just one day after tickets went on sale for the July 4 performance at the Alamodome, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones voiced her opposition to hosting the rapper, citing his history of antisemitic remarks and hate speech.
“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,” Jones wrote on social media.
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