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LetMyPeopleVote

(145,168 posts)
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 08:22 PM Dec 2022

'Silence is complicity': Biden calls on political leaders to denounce antisemitism

I am so proud of having a good man like President Obama in the White House.



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/silence-complicity-biden-calls-political-leaders-denounce-antisemitism-rcna59831?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_lw

President Joe Biden on Friday called out "political leaders" who have not strongly denounced antisemitism, saying that their "silence is complicity."

"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," the president wrote on Twitter.

His comments follow a widely criticized interview Thursday between conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Ye praised Hitler, expressed his admiration for Nazis, made antisemitic jokes and talked about his recent dinner at Mar-a-Lago with former President Donald Trump, which was also attended by Nick Fuentes, a far-right figure who has espoused white nationalist views.
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'Silence is complicity': Biden calls on political leaders to denounce antisemitism (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 OP
Good, it's way past time to start calling this shit out! Initech Dec 2022 #1
LIKE republianmushroom Dec 2022 #2

Initech

(100,068 posts)
1. Good, it's way past time to start calling this shit out!
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 09:13 PM
Dec 2022

Kanye said the quiet part out loud. Hopefully this shit gets shut down pretty quickly. Even Alex Jones wouldn’t go there.

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