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AOC’s mad for Macklemore — cheers to Robert Kraft for outraging her

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is outraged, so you know somebody did something right.

Turns out that the hero is Robert Kraft, who said that Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour would no longer be welcome at his Gillette Stadium if Macklemore remained one of the opening acts — because the rapper was using his stage time to preach hate.

Kraft and other venue owners stood up after Macklemore took the stage at MetLife Stadium on Sept. 4 to explain that “one of the main reasons” he wanted to join the tour was not to entertain the crowd, but “to stand up here on stages and stadiums across America and say . . . Free Palestine.”

He filled in what those two words really mean by having images of Gaza played on huge screens as he performed his “Hinds Hall,” a tribute........

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