House Judiciary Republicans delete 'Kanye. Elon. Trump.' tweet as rapper praises Hitler - NBC News

Republicans connected the House Judiciary Committee deleted their Oct. 6 tweet that appeared supportive of Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West, aft months of controversy implicit the rapper's antisemitic remarks.

"Kanye. Elon. Trump," work the tweet, which held up the rapper alongside Elon Musk, the caller proprietor of Twitter who has been bringing backmost right-wing figures who were erstwhile banned, and erstwhile President Donald Trump.

The tweet was deleted Thursday, arsenic Ye was launching a lengthy antisemitic tirade during an quality connected the amusement InfoWars, hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who is known for promoting falsehoods astir events similar the Sandy Hook shooting successful 2012.

"I emotion Jewish people, but I besides emotion Nazis," Ye said connected the amusement Thursday. He besides repeatedly expressed his admiration for Adolf Hitler.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans did not instantly instrumentality a petition for remark astir the deleted tweet. The GOP, presently successful the minority, won power of the enclosure successful November's midterms.

A now-deleted Tweet from the House Judiciary GOP.@JudiciaryGOP via Twitter

Ye began to drawback accrued attraction among immoderate conservatives successful aboriginal October aft helium staged a amusement astatine Paris Fashion Week that included a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt.

The time aft the tweet by the House Judiciary Committee Republicans, Ye posted a since-deleted station connected Instagram wherever helium said helium would spell "death con 3" connected Jewish people.

The tweet stayed up then, and since, erstwhile Ye doubled-down connected his antisemitic remarks successful different interviews. In that time, Ye besides lost lucrative deals with companies similar Gap and Adidas.

On Nov. 22, Trump agreed to person meal with Ye astatine his Mar-a-Lago nine successful Florida. What was expected to beryllium a quiescent meal betwixt the 2 men exploded into a nationalist relations nightmare for Trump, who precocious announced his 2024 tally for president, erstwhile Ye brought on achromatic nationalist Nick Fuentes.

Trump has stated that helium didn't cognize Fuentes oregon his views erstwhile helium met with him, but helium has not apologized for gathering with him oregon Ye.

In a connection Thursday, the leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition called Ye's InfoWars quality "a horrific cesspool of dangerous, bigoted Jew hatred."

"Conservatives who person mistakenly indulged Kanye West indispensable marque it wide that helium is simply a pariah," the organization's nationalist chairman, erstwhile Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota, and CEO Matt Brooks said successful a statement. "Enough is enough."