A shake-up in the Oakland City Council race has emerged centered around a tweet by a candidate about the scandalized rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
District 4 council seat candidate Nenna Joiner came under fire for a recent tweet she posted about the embattled rapper and entrepreneur saying,"Still rooting for you. Hope your comeback is much greater." It included the hashtag"#prayforYe."
A host of companies who were in business with the rapper -- including sportswear brand Adidas, Bay Area clothing giant Gap, Foot Locker, TJ Maxx, JPMorgan Chase bank and Vogue magazine -- have all announced they were cutting ties with Ye. An MRC documentary about him was also scrapped.Jason Wallach has owned his bike shop on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland for eight years.
"You have got to be careful," Harris said."Anyone who is a public servant is a voice in leadership. You have to be careful about the semantics and -- more importantly -- even repeating a statement that quite frankly spurs hate. And more importantly gets people divided who really need to come together to solve problems.
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