Biden takes on Kanye by saying 'the Holocaust happened, Hitler was a demonic ... trends now 'I want to make a few things clear': Biden takes on Kanye by saying 'the Holocaust happened, Hitler was a demonic figure' - and slams 'political leaders' who give him a platform and ignore anti-Semitism President Joe Biden took on anti-Semitic rapper Kanye West Friday and said political leaders who did not condemn his hateful rhetoric were complicit 'I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure,' Biden said in a midday tweet He called out political leaders for 'giving it a platform' and said they neede dto be 'calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides' 'Silence is complicity,' the president added Biden's tweet comes a day after West said he 'likes' and 'loves' Hitler,' defended the Nazis and denied the Holocaust It comes 10 days after West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes dined with former President Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter Published: 16:49 GMT, 2 December 2022 | Updated: 17:09 GMT, 2 December 2022 1 Viewcomments President Joe Biden took on anti-Semitic rapper Kanye West in a tweet Friday and said political leaders who did not condemn his hateful rhetoric were complicit. 'I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure,' Biden said in a midday tweet. 'And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.' 'Silence is complicity,' the president added. Biden's tweet comes a day after West said he 'likes' and 'loves' Hitler,' defended the Nazis and denied the Holocaust - and 10 days after West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes dined with former President Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate. President Joe Biden took on anti-Semitic rapper Kanye West in a tweet Friday and said political leaders who did not condemn his hateful rhetoric were complicit West's Twitter account was suspended Thursday night after he posted a Nazi swastika inside a Star of David, a religious symbol for Judaism, indicating it would be the logo for his proposed 2024 presidential campaign. Billionaire Elon Musk, who bought Twitter in October, has been heralded as a hero on the right as he reinstated the Twitter accounts for a number of Trumpworld figures. But West's blatant anti-Semitism could incite violence against Jewish people, the billionaire indicated in a text message to the disgraced rapper, who later shared the conversation. 'Sorry, but you have gone too far. This is not love,' Musk wrote. West responded: 'Who made you the judge.' 'I tried my best' Musk wrote in a tweet after Twitter deleted West's offensive message and temporarily locked his account. 'Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.' West shared an image (redacted above) of a Nazi swastika inside a Jewish Star of David indicating it would be the logo for his proposed 2024 presidential campaign West posted screenshots of his furious text exchange with Elon Musk, who warned him, 'you have gone too far' after West posted an image of a swastika in a Star of David Initially, Twitter locked West's account for 12 hours, according to a screenshot he posted on Truth Social, the rival platform founded by Donald Trump West's account was later suspended. It's unclear whether the suspension is temporary or permanent Mainstream Republicans had briefly embraced West. The House Judiciary Committee Republicans' official Twitter account had tweeted: 'Kanye. Elon. Trump,' on October 6. That tweet appeared deleted in the hours following West's sit-down with prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday. When Trump dined with West and Fuentes a number of moderate Republicans condemned the meeting, though other members of the party largely stayed tight-lipped. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility