Democratic Rep. Jamal Bowman recently drew the ire of Jewish activists by arguing that a mural of Minister Louis Farrakhan should remain in a New York City suburb.
“Squad” Democrats from New York recently called Jews “the synagogue of the devil” and “termites.”
“He said a lot of things about the minister that I completely disagree with,” Bowman said in an interview last year, according to a New York Daily News report on the Westchester County mural. “But he’s part of Black history, you know? That’s a fact. And if the community of Greenburgh, especially that area of Greenburgh, supports the mural, then the mural will remain there. must.”
Bowman’s position sparked strong opposition from Jewish advocates.
“Mr. Farrakhan has single-handedly caused further damage to the positive relationships and cooperation between various minority groups that have existed since the civil rights movement,” said Brooke, human rights attorney and executive director of the Lawfare Project. Goldstein told FOX News Digital.
“Featuring Mr. Farrakhan in any kind of mural is an attempt to gloss over his blatant racism and gaslight Americans into seeing him as nothing more than a bigot.” said Goldstein. “Jamal Bowman’s refusal to acknowledge the trauma caused by Farrakhan and take action against this mural shows indifference to the harm and an appalling lack of fitness for leadership, especially when it comes to minority rights. It shows.”
“Louis Farrakhan is an unashamed Jew-hater who uses his very public position to promote abhorrent anti-Semitic stereotypes while simultaneously promoting hatred against Jews and other marginalized communities. “We are recruiting and training an army of true believers who have been indoctrinated into the cult,” she continued. .
“Mr. Farrakhan supports and praises Islamist regimes like Iran, which export global terrorism while depriving its people of basic human rights, and he particularly criticizes Jews for seeking to manipulate and exploit black people. He is spreading harsh accusations against people.”
“It is unconscionable that Congressman Jamal Bowman would choose to glorify a blatant anti-Semite like Louis Farrakhan,” Lizzie Savetsky, a Jewish activist based in New York City, told Fox News Digital. , it is reprehensible.”
“This is more than just a lapse in judgment. It is a blatant endorsement of hatred and anti-Semitism. This kind of behavior is not only condemnable, but also a reminder that we do not condone hateful bigots. , must meet the fiercest opposition. Congressman Bowman must resign immediately.”
Farrakhan has become one of America’s most controversial religious figures, calling Jews “termites,” praising Hitler and making derogatory comments about Israel.
“Louis Farrakhan is one of our country’s most notorious and virulent anti-Semites,” Congressman Carlos Gimenez of Miami-Dade County, home to the largest Jewish population in the United States and the world, told Fox News Digital. Told. .
“It is completely unacceptable for any public official to use his or her platform to worship someone who has perpetuated hateful rhetoric and metaphors for the purpose of marginalizing, targeting, and demoting the Jewish community. It is reprehensible. As the mayor of Miami-Dade County and as a member of Congress, I am proud to stand with the Jewish community against anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred.”
Bowman’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital about the hotly debated taxpayer-funded mural.
Bowman, Greenberg’s representative in Congress, was not present when the mural was constructed, but said Farrakhan had made “horrible” and “vile anti-Semitic” comments. Local communities living nearby have the power to decide how we move forward.”
Bowman has been a vocal advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying it is “deeply uplifting of what it actually means to be Jewish,” but he has also been a vocal advocate of the Gaza ceasefire, which he said is “deeply uplifting of what it actually means to be Jewish,” but that he doesn’t understand the consequences of supporting radical activists. I’m no stranger to controversy.
In 2014, Bowman honored the black radical activist and convicted murderer with a special project at a New York City middle school that he founded before he was elected to Congress.
A special project wall features former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, a known anti-Semite and promoter of conspiracy theories, including that Jews were responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. was participating.
Fox News Digital’s Brandon Gillespie and Emma Colton contributed to this report
