Kanye West or Ye earlier bragged that "I can literally say antisemitic (expletive) and they cannot drop me"
Kanye West, now Ye, has generated some support from his anti-Semitic comments as a group of ant-Semitic hung banners in California reading, "Kanye was right about the Jews," drawing condemnations from L.A. officials, according to CNN.
The Donda rapper had received considerate backlash after making a series of anti-Semitic remarks, particularly on October 8, when he tweeted he was "going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE," and also that, "You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda," without specifying what group he was addressing, according to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine records pulled by CNN.
Twitter responded by locking out the 45-year-old account. However, later in an interview with Piers Morgan, Ye said he was sorry for the people he hurt, though he didn't regret remarking.
The move of placing a banner in L.A. reading, "honk if you know " alongside "Kanye is right about the Jews, alongside a Nazi salute, invited harsh condemnations from the city's officials.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón criticized the incident on Twitter, saying, "We cannot tolerate the #AntiSemitism that was on full display today [Saturday] on an L.A. Fwy. #WhiteSupremacy is a societal cancer that must be excised. This message is dangerous & cannot be normalized. I stand with the Jewish community in condemning this disgusting behavior."
Moreover, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti condemned the incident, saying, "We condemn this weekend's anti-Semitic incidents. Jewish Angelenos should always feel safe. There is no place for discrimination or prejudice in Los Angeles. And we will never back down from the fight to expose and eliminate it."