Ana Kasparian
Role at the time: Executive producer and host, The Young Turks
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Ana Kasparian said Robert Kraft's own conflicts of interest, including past ties to Jeffrey Epstein and AIPAC donations, made his decision to bar Macklemore unsurprising and worse than anything Macklemore had said.
“While it's true that he owns the stadium and gets to decide who can and can't be there to perform, the fact of the matter is he also has all sorts of conflicts of interest that led to the decision he made in the first place. He had some pretty deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein... He's a huge donor to AIPAC and in fact has even received some sort of award from the state of Israel. So it doesn't surprise me that Robert Kraft is going to Robert Kraft. I think that his whole being is far more disgusting than anything I've ever heard Macklemore say.”