{"id":1870345,"date":"2023-03-07T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senators-blasted-ticketmaster-over-taylor-swift-debacle-they-have-nothing-to-say-about-it-raking-in-cash-from-farrakhan-hate-rally\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:18:47","slug":"dem-senators-blasted-ticketmaster-over-taylor-swift-debacle-they-have-nothing-to-say-about-it-raking-in-cash-from-farrakhan-hate-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senators-blasted-ticketmaster-over-taylor-swift-debacle-they-have-nothing-to-say-about-it-raking-in-cash-from-farrakhan-hate-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senators Blasted Ticketmaster Over Taylor Swift Debacle. They Have Nothing to Say About It Raking In Cash From Farrakhan Hate Rally."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-senators-blasted-ticketmaster-over-taylor-swift-debacle-they-have-nothing-to-say-about-it-raking-in-cash-from-farrakhan-hate-rally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1870345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<h2>Richard Blumenthal is represented by Amy Klobuchar on the Senate Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> Richard Blumenthal (L.), Louis Farrakhan(C.), Amy Klobuchar, (R.).\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sens. Senators. But when the company doled out tickets to Louis Farrakhan&#8217;s rally\u2014in which the Nation of Islam leader defended Adolf Hitler and predicted another Holocaust against Jews\u2014the Democratic duo had nothing to say.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Blumenthal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1592719426486693888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1592719426486693888&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678286479057000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1MhQ271LLvXBLuApUEA7S8\">went on a crusade<\/a>\u00a0Ticketmaster November: &#8220;consumers deserve better than this anti-hero behavior.&#8221; Klobuchar claimed that she was pregnant &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; I was concerned about Ticketmaster&#8217;s inability get Swifties tickets to me efficiently, and I wrote to my chief executive officer to ask for clarifications.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal is not the only one who did this.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1306661002407284738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1306661002407284738&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678286479057000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0qGBZqU1yF2g9pAr76iNBw\">warned<\/a> You can find the &#8220;horrors of the Holocaust&#8221; This could occur again if Americans do not fight anti-Semitism. Klobuchar has also pledged to stop it. &#8220;to confront anti-Semitism,&#8221; Ticketmaster was criticized by Farrakhan tickets sales. These senators are part of the Senate Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism. They did not respond when asked.<\/p>\n<p>Farrakhan claimed in his speech that Jews hold the power levers at Washington, Hollywood and global finance, and they are corrupting the world with these tools. &#8220;Somebody has to take on the synagogue of Satan,&#8221; He stated. &#8220;We cannot let them take the country.&#8221; Critics had urged Ticketmaster to remove the Farrakhan event, as it charges service fees for each ticket sold. But the ticket giant refused.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster has been criticized in the past by House Democrats but there have not been any protests from them among House Democrats. More than twenty-six House Democrats wrote a letter last November to Ticketmaster expressing their disapproval. &#8220;strangled competition for ticketing in the live entertainment marketplace.&#8221; The <em>Washington\u00a0<\/em><em>Free Beacon<\/em> We reached out and asked 28 Congressmen to sign the letter to find their opinions on Ticketmaster selling tickets at Farrakhan&#8217;s event. They did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was signed by Rep. Barbara Lee (D. Calif.), Ilhan Ozmar (D. Minn.) and Rashida Talaib (D. Mich.).<\/p>\n<p>Omar is known for making incendiary remarks about Jews. In 2019, she claimed that U.S. support was for Israel &#8220;all about the Benjamins baby,&#8221; It was suggested that legislators were being bribed into supporting the Jewish state. She made this comment and many others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/09\/15\/republicans-criticize-ilhan-omar-9-11-remarks-cbs-interview\/2334643001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downplayed<\/a> After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States, Republicans removed her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in January.<\/p>\n<p>Farrakhan defended Omar&#8217;s &#8220;Benjamins&#8221; Comment, stating that she was a &#8220;sweet heart&#8221; It was a great help &#8220;shake the government up, but you have nothing to apologize for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib was one of Congress&#8217;s most outspoken anti-Israel legislators. She faced criticism in September from members of her party and the Anti-Defamation League after she stated that Americans were a threat to Israel. &#8220;cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel&#8217;s apartheid government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lee attended Farrakhan&#8217;s event and denounced Farrakhan. &#8220;anti-Semitic and hateful comments&#8221; Public pressure for 2018<\/p>\n<p>Farrakhan attacked the United States during his last week&#8217;s speech. &#8220;stranglehold that Jews have on this government&#8221; Claim &#8220;Jewish power is what has all of our people of knowledge and wisdom and talent afraid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Farrakhan condemned Jews who used the phrase &#8220;Never Again&#8221; When discussing the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can say that to men, but you can&#8217;t say that to God. Because the Bible says, behold, the day cometh that shall burn\u2014as a what?\u2014as an oven. And those who do wickedly, He will slay them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God is not unjust; when he kills you, you know you deserved it,&#8221; He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.)\u2014who also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackburn.senate.gov\/2022\/11\/blackburn-blumenthal-press-ftc-on-bot-operations-amid-ticketmaster-debacle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke<\/a> out about the Taylor Swift debacle\u2014weighed in on the Farrakhan controversy when contacted by the<em>\u00a0Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is extremely concerning that Ticketmaster is choosing to use its platform to elevate and promote a well-known anti-Semite. The targeting of the Jewish people has gone on far too long and must stop,&#8221; Sie said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.Wash.), a Ticketmaster critic and chairwoman of House Energy and Commerce Committee said that the company must be &#8220;completely transparent&#8221; about their decision to profit from anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Anti-Semitism has no place in America,&#8221; McMorris Rodgers said. &#8220;Ticketmaster should be completely transparent on why it chose to profit off of Farrakhan&#8217;s abhorrent history of hatred and violent threats of genocide against the Jewish people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/dem-senators-blasted-ticketmaster-over-taylor-swift-debacle-they-have-nothing-to-say-about-it-raking-in-cash-from-farrakhan-hate-rally\/\">Dem Senators Blasted Ticketmaster Over Taylor Swift Debacle. They Have Nothing to Say About It Raking In Cash From Farrakhan Hate Rally.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Blumenthal is represented by Amy Klobuchar on the Senate Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism Richard Blumenthal (L.), Louis Farrakhan(C.), Amy Klobuchar, (R.). Sens. Senators. But when the company doled out tickets to Louis Farrakhan&#8217;s rally\u2014in which the Nation of Islam leader defended Adolf Hitler and predicted another Holocaust against Jews\u2014the Democratic duo had nothing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1894669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4537,4119,10896,6244,16705,6208,20838,4433,3709,7366,4656,12073],"class_list":["post-1870345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-blasted","tag-cash","tag-debacle","tag-dem","tag-farrakhan","tag-hate","tag-raking","tag-rally","tag-senators","tag-swift","tag-taylor","tag-ticketmaster"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1870345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1870345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}