U.S. State Department Revokes Visas for Rap Duo Bob Vylan After ‘Death to IDF’ Chant at Glastonbury

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British punk-rock and hip-hop duo Bob Vylan may not be able to perform in the U.S., where they’re scheduled to open for American singer grandson’s tour in October and November, after a controversial performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England over the weekend.

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00:00Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.

00:04Now, we've stated that, that when it comes to how we vet people,

00:09if they are going to be coming here to be helpful, to be nice people, to be great tourists,

00:14or if they're coming for other reasons,

00:17that every sovereign nation has a right to decide who's going to come to this country.

00:22So we've been public about that standard.

00:24And this was a very public event that violated, as you've seen from the Deputy Secretary's tweet,

00:32that very basic standard about the nature of who we want to let into the country.

00:38That's all right.

00:39It is important the American people support us taking care about who comes here.

00:44And I think his tweet and the Secretary's language and his approach on the policy speaks for itself.

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