Ilhan Omar praises Macklemore for speaking out
U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District
“Thank you @macklemore for using your platform and continuing to speak out against the genocide. None of us are free until all of us are free ✊🏽”
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Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour
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Primary X post. It directly attributes this reaction to Rep. Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) and provides the post text and timestamp.
Before the quotation
Omar quoted a Rolling Stone report that Macklemore had been removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour after his on-stage “Free Palestine” statements.
After the quotation
Her post thanks Macklemore directly for continuing to speak out.
How this statement is classified
Omar expressly praises Macklemore’s speech and frames it as advocacy against genocide, which supports a defense of the conduct at issue.
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