<p id=”par-1_64″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/kanye-west/?swcfpc=1″>Kanye “Ye” West</a> is in hot water following the release of hateful, antisemitic tweets. After <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-west-likely-trouble-booking-super-bowl-ads-next-year-attorney-says.html/”>Super Bowl LIX</a>, West took to X to proclaim himself a Nazi and released <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-wests-yeezy-website-shut-down-following-swastika-t-shirt-sales.html/”>swastika T-shirts on the Yeezy website</a>. He later seemed to backtrack his statements. However, West returned to the internet to push more swastika apparel. Here’s what the Anti-Defamation League says about West’s dangerous online activity.</p>
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<p id=”par-2_81″>Kanye “Ye” West seems to have taken a turn for the worse in 2025. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/bianca-censori-believes-kanye-wests-antics-will-pass-source-says.html/”>He and Bianca Censori</a> shocked Grammy Awards viewers when <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lip-readers-reveal-new-insights-kanye-west-bianca-censoris-red-carpet-talk-grammys.html/”>Censori dropped her coat on the red carpet</a> and revealed her naked body beneath it. Then, after Super Bowl LIX, he shocked his fans by selling swastika merchandise on his Yeezy website. West called himself a Nazi on X and posted additional alarming tweets, like how he had “dominion” over his wife and looked up to Hitler. </p>
<p id=”par-3_60″>West later backtracked and declared he doesn’t identify as a Nazi. However, as soon as he did a 180 on his followers, he took to X to share an image of new stastika T-shirts. At this point, it’s unclear what West’s goal is, as his inflammatory, hateful commentary and merch is costing him followers, deals, and possibly his marriage. </p>
<p id=”par-4_54″>Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt called out West’s behavior to <a href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14427669/kanye-west-dangerous-adl-swastika-merch-holocaust-joke.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Dailymail.com</a>. “There is no excuse — none — for praising Hitler,” he said. “Glorifying a genocidal dictator with swastika merch is not ‘edgy’ or ‘controversial.’ When someone with Kanye’s influence spreads Nazi glorification, it emboldens extremists. It’s unacceptable and downright dangerous.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_10″>The American Jewish Committee also called out West’s “blatant hatred.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_44″>“Hate, left unchecked, only multiplies,” the committee stated. “At a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing to terrifying levels worldwide, Ye is actively endangering Jews. We urge others with a platform like Ye’s — particularly in the entertainment industry — to call out this blatant hatred.”</p>
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