U.S. rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who has been embroiled in an antisemitism scandal has provided yet another controversial remark over the weekend, telling Jewish people to forgive Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
In an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin Mclnnes, the far-right political commentator suggested that West had been "canceled" and mentioned comments he made during an earlier interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
McInnes said: "You love Jews, but you're canceled for antisemitism because you also love Hitler, but you love everyone equally. Good guys and bad guys."
West, who was sitting fully masked and his face couldn't be seen replied: "Yeah, Jewish people can't tell me who I can love and who I can't love. You can't say, you can't force your pain on everyone else. Jewish people, forgive Hitler today."
The rapper even repeated numerous antisemitic similes during the interview, including the belief that Jewish people control institutions such as the media and banks, a cornerstone of multiple bogus conspiracy theories.
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Kanye West during an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes
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McInnes stated West's comments were controversial and added: "Hitler's got a pretty bad reputation."
West responded and claimed that Jews gave Hitler a bad reputation. "Well, who made that reputation? That was made by Jewish people. They were upset that Hitler was kicking them out of the country."
West even compared the Holocaust to abortion. "The Holocaust is not the only holocaust. So for them to take that and claim when we have abortions right now. That's eugenics. That's genocide. That's a holocaust that we're dealing with right now."