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Fraser Lewry

US State Department condemns Roger Waters' "long track record of using antisemitic tropes"

Roger Waters onstage in 2012

The US State Department has joined the long list of those criticising Roger Waters for the Nazi-style uniform he's regularly worn onstage since the release of The Wall in 1980, and the alleged use of antisemitic tropes in his show. 

The State Department's condemnation of the former Pink Floyd man came in a written response to a question posed at a State Department press briefing earlier this week, when a reporter asked if the administration agreed with criticism of Rogers from Deborah Lipstadt, the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism.

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