Ged Nash
Role at the time: TD, Labour Party finance spokesperson (Ireland)
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Ged Nash called Sheeran's position on the Macklemore removal "extremely disappointing."
“extremely disappointing”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Ireland Disowns Ed Sheeran Over Macklemore Stance (Newsweek)
Newsweek report on Irish political and cultural figures publicly distancing themselves from Ed Sheeran over Macklemore's removal from his tour.
Why we used this label
On Macklemore's conduct in giving the speech, Nash does not criticize Macklemore. Calling Sheeran's position "extremely disappointing" while praising the artists who withdrew in solidarity with Macklemore implicitly defends Macklemore's conduct as not warranting his removal.