Miami Beach officials are condemning the actions of white nationalist influencers who were seen on video appearing to praise Adolf Hitler at a nightclub over the weekend.
Some of the photos and videos that circulated on social media showed several of the controversial figures at Vendôme nightclub while the song Heil Hitler by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is playing in the background.
Additional video appears to show the same group in the back of a car chanting the lyrics and performing a Nazi salute.
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner said the actions of the influencers crossed a line, and that he is asking for a full investigation into how this happened in the city.
— Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner (@StevenMeiner) January 19, 2026
“These are sick, demented people where you can glorify someone who killed 6 million people,” Meiner said. “What I also found disturbing is I spoke to a lot of other club operators today, and they told me they know [these influencers] try to get into clubs. They ban them; they do not allow them in their club. How did they get in here and seemingly welcomed into the club?”
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also released a statement following the incident that read in part: “We stand against antisemitism and all hate, and expect swift accountability to keep our community safe and respectful for all.”
Miami Beach Commissioner Joe Magazine also strongly condemned what he saw in the videos.
“To sit here and try to make light of millions and millions of people being murdered… and to come to a place like Miami Beach, with such a proud, strong, Jewish community, and make light of that? It’s despicable,” Magazine said. “Maybe [Vendôme’s] ownership wasn’t aware of this, which their statement seems to imply… If they weren’t, put your money where your mouth is. If the manager was there, and was OK with this, fire him. If the DJ was there, playing something like this, fire them.”
The nightclub Vendôme released a statement that said its ownership was aware of the videos they called “deeply offensive and unacceptable.”
On Tuesday, the nightclub announced in a separate statement that it had fired three people involved.
See their most recent, full statement here:
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