Rep. Rashida Tlaib Torches Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft over Macklemore

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REPORTER: “I was wondering what you thought about Macklemore being kicked off of the Ed Sheeran tour because of his views and his words on Palestine.”
TLAIB: “Because he wants to save lives?”
REPORTER: “Well, yeah, but saying ‘Free Palestine’ and that sort of stuff.”
TLAIB: “I mean, so many folks have platforms and use their positions to express their feelings around human rights, around protecting people. But it seems there’s always an exception when it comes to Palestinian lives. When you want to uplift and protect Palestinian lives, all of a sudden you are vilified, targeted. And unfortunately, these billionaires that own these stadiums, which are publicly funded stadiums, are trying to breach, you know, someone’s First Amendment rights to be able to uplift, use their music, their art, to basically, again, save lives no matter of faith or ethnicity. And, you know, Macklemore is inspiration to so many people. He’s really putting his livelihood out in line and courageously saying, ‘I’m not going to bow down. And I’m not going to, you know, back down in what I believe.’ And his statement was — people need to take time to read it. It was powerful.”