First appeared on FOX: Chief Political Advisor House Democrats, As a candidate for Senate in a state that is a hotbed of anti-Israel activism, he attended a rally hosted by one of America’s most notorious anti-Semites.
Terra DeFoe, deputy political director for Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, posted on Facebook in 2017 about her “week-long support for the Nation of Islam and Minister Louis Farrakhan” at the Nation of Islam’s Savior’s Day Rally.
Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, has been vocal about his views of Jews, likening them to termites and calling them “satanic.”
“I had a wonderful time with my brothers at the Saviour’s Day rally,” Dafoe said, naming the Nation of Islam activists who attended with him.
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Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and Minister Farrakhan (Getty Images)
One photo posted by Dafoe shows Farrakhan smiling alongside Detroit Democratic Mayor Mike Duggan, who was praised by Biden at an NAACP dinner earlier this month and has visited the Biden White House multiple times, and members of the Nation of Islam.
A spokesman for Mayor Duggan claimed, “The mayor has never attended a Saviour’s Day event.”
“This was a private meeting where the mayor discussed the issue of anti-Semitic language directly with Minister Farrakhan,” Detroit spokesman John Roach told Fox News Digital. “The mayor makes it a practice to meet with the full range of political voices, from the far right, including several senior Trump Administration officials, to the far left, including many activist groups.”
Farrakhan has praised Duggan on multiple occasions, including at this year’s Saviors Day rally in Detoit, where he thanked Duggan and the deputy mayor for their “incredible kindness.” Defoe read out the declaration. According to the Nation of Islam’s “Final Call” newsletter, a letter from Duggan’s office to convention participants welcomed the convention “home” to Detroit.
Ms. Dafoe’s personal website lists several political roles she has held, including organizer for the Detroit delegation and senior adviser to Mr. Duggan. She has also worked as a pastor and hosted the Detroit cable TV talk show “On the Floor” with Dr. Terra Dafoe.
According to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital, DeFoe received nearly $60,000 from Slotkin’s campaign in a variety of payments, including salary, benefits and reimbursements, between July 2023 and March 2024. The March 2024 payment is the most recent according to public filings, so the amount will likely be higher when the July report is released.
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A photo of Terra Defoe alongside Farrakhan in 2017 was posted to her Facebook page. (Facebook/Screenshot- Terra DeFoe)
In 2019, two years after Dafoe attended the Nation of Islam convention, she invited Troy Muhammad onto her talk show. Muhammad, who served as “State Representative for Minister Louis Farrakhan and #1 Minister at Mosque Muhammad” and was pictured in Dafoe’s 2017 Facebook post, was described in the introduction as “a valued community leader in Detroit.” The interview, which lasted nine minutes, According to an archived copybut did not include a question about Farrakhan’s controversial anti-Semitic remarks.
“Elissa Slotkin is running against the radical anti-Semitic extremist wing of the Democratic Party in an effort to win the primary against Hill Harper,” a Republican national strategist told Fox News Digital.
Farrakhan has become one of America’s most controversial religious leaders after comparing Jews to termites, praising Hitler as a “great man” and making derogatory comments about Israel.
Since assuming leadership of the Nation of Islam in the late 1970s, Farrakhan has been accused of anti-Semitism. His statements and preaching promote homophobia.
Farrakhan has blamed Jews for the slave trade, Jim Crow laws and the general oppression of black people.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, spoke to United Auto Workers members and others at a rally after participating in Detroit’s Labor Day Parade. (Bill Priano/Getty Images)
In a 1996 speech in Chicago, Farrakhan denounced Jews as a “synagogue of Satan.”
“Louis Farrakhan is an unashamed Jew-hater who has used his very public platform to spread abhorrent anti-Semitic stereotypes while simultaneously recruiting and cultivating a veritable army of brainwashed followers into a cult of hatred against Jews and marginalized people,” Brooke Goldstein, a human rights lawyer and executive director of the Lawfare Project, told Fox News Digital earlier this year.
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“Farrakhan, who supports and values Islamist regimes like Iran that strip their own people of their basic human rights and export terrorism worldwide, rails against Jews for a variety of reasons, including their attempts to manipulate and exploit black people.”
Slotkin, who is Jewish, made a statement They protested against violence that has occurred on university campuses as part of anti-Israel protests and called on universities to do more to protect students from anti-Semitism.
Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin’s office and campaign but did not receive a response.
