Currently slated to perform at the city-funded venue on US Independence Day, as part of his ongoing comeback tour, the mayor of San Antonio has called for Kanye West‘s upcoming July 4th concert at the city’s Alamodome to be cancelled.
Citing West’s history of anti-Semitic comments and hate speech, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones took to X with:
“I support cancelling the @kanyewest concert.” “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.” “Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.”
The Texas politician’s comments follow similar statements by Florida Senator Rick Scott, who recently urged the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel West’s upcoming June 26 and 28 shows at Raymond James Stadium, arguing that allowing the rapper to perform in a taxpayer-supported stadium would be a “slap in the face” to Florida’s Jewish community, citing what he described as West’s “constant anti-Semitic attacks”.
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Author: Saul Goode
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