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Ye or nay? Florida senators blast decision to host controversial rapper at Ray Jay
Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody joined Democrat Charlie Crist and other officials, Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors to protest TSA's decision to book the rapper at the publicly owned stadium.
A pair of upcoming concerts by Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – at Raymond James Stadium has created a firestorm of protest from elected officials over the rapper's antisemitic statements.
At the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg on Monday, Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody led a bipartisan group of officials, Holocaust survivors and local Jewish leaders in condeming a decision to book the performances at the publicly owned Tampa facility.
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