Aymeric Caron
Role at the time: Member of the French National Assembly, speaking in a personal capacity
Defended or excused
Responding to
Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour
“Ed Sheeran n’aime pas qu’on soutienne la Palestine. Bon à savoir.”
Why we used this label
Caron frames Macklemore’s speech as support for Palestine and criticizes the consequence of it, which supports a defense of the conduct at issue.
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