GOP House Judiciary Committee deletes 'Kanye. Elon. Trump.' tweet after rapper's antisemitic outburst

Kanye West embracing Donald Trump
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The official GOP House Judiciary Committee Twitter account deleted its controversial tweet lauding Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump on Thursday. The deletion came shortly after the rapper now known as Ye appeared on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' InfoWars program alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes to proclaim his unabashed admiration for Adolf Hitler, and espouse a series of deeply antisemitic canards.

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Rafi Schwartz, The Week US

Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a staff writer for Fusion's news lab, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine, a Jewish life and culture publication. Rafi's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD and The Forward, among others.