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'Counts as ban evasion': Kanye West slammed for handing over his Twitter to Alex Jones

Shortly after Kanye West praised Hitler on Alex Jones' show, a tweet apparently written by Jones was posted to the rapper's Twitter account

Kanye West said on Thursday, December 1, that he was handing over his Twitter account to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones has remained banned from the social media platform since Elon Musk took over. Shortly after West made controversial comments on Jones' show InfoWars, a tweet apparently written by Jones was posted to West's Twitter account.

"I love the first amendment! Long live Ye! I pray to Jesus that Elon is for real," the tweet read. West was seen in the show praising Adolf Hitler while wearing a black mask that covered his face and head. The interview was with Infowars host Jones, and it took place on Thursday, December 1. “I see good things about Hitler, also,” the rapper told Jones. "Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.”

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"I was thinking about Satan,” West said. "Whether it’s the Zionists or Hitler — it’s not the person. It’s Satan using the people, who are controlled by demonic forces.” Elaborating it, he said, "The Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world. Meanwhile, there’s all of these things that are happening.”

Elon Musk replied to the tweet, writing, "Jesus taught love, kindness and forgiveness. I used to think that turning the other cheek was weak & foolish, but I was the fool for not appreciating its profound wisdom."

West also said he would hand over his Twitter to white nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes, who was banned from the platform over his antisemitic and racist rhetoric. Another tweet that was posted on Thursday appeared to be written by Fuentes. "Christ is King — America First, GROYPER! - NJF," read the Tweet. Fuentes' followers call themselves "groypers".

West is now being trolled on social media for handing over his account to Jones. "Kanye West just said on InfoWars that he's going to have Nick Fuentes and Alex Jones tweet from his account today. They've spent the last few minutes complaining about Twitter (and also, separately, the existence of pornography)," one user wrote. "by Elon's rules if Alex Jones tweeted from his account he would have to ban Kanye," another said. "Elon Musk specifically stated Alex Jones is not allowed on the app. Interesting to see how he acts on this, or how hard he purposely ignores it," commented a user.

"I thought Musk said Jones was banned and would not be allowed back, no matter what? This seems like an evasion of the ban, and reason to throw Ye off?" one user said. Another wrote, "…does he know what counts as ban evasion?"

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