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US second gentleman slams hate ‘epidemic’ amid anti-Semitism rise

'Words matter,' says Doug Emhoff during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in anti-Semitism [Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]

United States Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has decried what he called an “epidemic of hate” as the White House convened a roundtable to address the rise of anti-Semitism in the wake of bigoted remarks by the rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye.

Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, met with US officials and representatives of Jewish-American organisations at the White House event on Wednesday, December 7, stressing that anti-Semitism should not be normalised.

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