Elon Musk suspends Ye from Twitter following swastika tweet

Elon Musk early Friday morning introduced that Ye’s Twitter account has been suspended after the rapper previously often called Kanye West tweeted a picture of a swastika.

“I attempted my greatest. Regardless of that, he once more violated our rule in opposition to incitement to violence. Account shall be suspended,” Musk said in an early morning tweet.

Thursday night, Ye tweeted out a picture of the Star of David containing a swastika inside.

The tweet and Ye’s suspension from Twitter comply with months of antisemitic feedback from the rapper. In an look this week on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars program, Ye expressed admiration for Nazis and Adolf Hitler.

“Nicely, I see good issues about Hitler additionally,” Ye instructed Jones, later saying, “I like Hitler.”

“I really like Jewish folks, however I additionally love Nazis,” the rapper added.

Ye has additionally sparked backlash for feedback criticizing Jewish folks and giving credence to the dangerous stereotype that there’s a cabal of elite Jews working the media, Hollywood and politics. The rapper’s feedback have destroyed a lot of his enterprise dealings, together with his partnership with Adidas.

The transfer from Musk additionally comes after Home Judiciary Republicans appeared to delete a controversial October tweet this week involving Ye following his current remarks. The tweet stating, “Kanye. Elon. Trump.” disappeared from the federal government account following the rapper’s look on Infowars.

Along with Ye’s feedback on Jones’s program, the rap star courted additional controversy in current days by bringing white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes to a dinner with former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump, who skilled sharp backlash for eating with Fuentes, has since claimed he “had no thought” about Fuentes’s views.