McCain’s remarks came after the rapper was banned from Twitter and Instagram this weekend for making anti-Semitic remarks.
In a post to Twitter on Saturday, West wrote, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
Twitter has since deleted the tweet, citing West’s violation of their policies, and comes after another anti-Semitic post on Instagram resulted in him being blocked on that platform as well. Both social media posts came after West appeared on Tucker Carlson this week and claimed that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and the grandson of Holocaust survivors, was only interested in making money for himself during the Middle East diplomatic negotiations.
“I have zero tolerance for this s—. Zero,” McCain wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of Ye’s tweet. “This is poison and yet another example of why this man and his behavior are trash. Conservatives always claim to hate celebrities but jump and get excited like a teenage girl at a Harry Styles concert any time any of them show our side attention.”
She continued: “It is pathetic, we are supposed to be anti-celebrity and for the average working men and women – but I guess that went out the window years ago. This man is no icon, he has no wisdom I care to hear. Do not look the other way from this statement – it is the public hatred of Judaism and Jews and full fucking stop there is NO place for this anywhere.”
McCain has been vocal about the rise in anti-Semitic sentiments and crimes in the country for a long time, frequently bringing it up on “The View.”
McCain’s criticism of the West and of a tweet from the official Republican Party Twitter account was just one of many. Several Jewish celebrities, including Sarah Silverman and Jamie Lee Curtis, spoke out against West on Sunday.