First appeared on FOX: The head of President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posed for a photo at the Democratic National Convention with one of the “top soldiers” of Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite who likened Jews to termites and once called them “satanic.”
“Oh man, it was so much fun seeing the mix of My Environmental Justice Squad, My Political/Social Justice Squad and HBCU LOVE while I was in Chicago,” Terrence Muhammad, events lead and field coordinator for the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus, said in a now-deleted Facebook post last week along with a photo with EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
“Yes, the EPA Administrator in the President’s Cabinet is an AGGIE,” he added.
Fox News Digital previously reported that Muhammad’s social media profiles are filled with posts in support of Farrakhan, and that his Hip Hop Congressional Caucus, whose mission is to fight injustice and create change, is involved in key policy decisions in the Biden administration.
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Terrence Muhammad (left), posing with EPA Administrator Michael Regan (center), has praised Farrakhan on multiple occasions. (Terence Muhammad/Facebook)
Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Lennox Yearwood, who was also photographed with Regan and Muhammad, previously called Muhammad one of Farrakhan’s “best soldiers” and thanked him for accepting him as a part of the organization.
“Minister Louis Farrakhan has one of his top soldiers [Muhamad] “Come join me at #MOW50. Lots of love to the NOI,” Yearwood wrote in a now-deleted 2013 post, referring to Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam.
“happy birthday [Terence Muhammad] You are a blessing to our movement and our people!,” Yearwood wrote in 2016. “Thank you for your love. [Louis Farrakhan]”
In a 2014 Facebook post, Muhammad said: He posted a photo of Yearwood and Farrakhan. The caption reads, “I am who I am (a good person) because of a man named Reverend Louis Farrakhan and the life-giving teachings of Father Elijah Muhammad. I am able to inspire and help people because of Reverend Lennox Yearwood, CEO and Chairman of the Hip Hop Caucus. I work for these great people.”
“Well yeah [Louis Farrakhan] Give me life, [Rev Yearwood] “@HipHopCaucus has given me a lifestyle of serving my people and I am so grateful,” Muhammad wrote alongside the same photo in 2017.
Despite the social media posts, the Hip Hop Caucus claimed in a statement to Fox News Digital that it has no affiliation with the Nation of Islam.
“The Hip Hop Caucus and Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. have no affiliation with the Nation of Islam and we condemn the anti-Semitic rhetoric made by Rev. Louis Farrakhan,” the spokesperson said. “As a multi-platform organization, the Hip Hop Caucus places Black, Brown, Indigenous and queer people at the center of our voting rights, racial justice, and climate and environmental justice work. We believe in building true alliances with communities of good will who want to work together in good faith to make America a more just place.”
According to White House visitor records, Yearwood has visited the White House at least seven times since Biden took office, six of those visits being in 2023. In the most recent instance, Yearwood and two other Hip Hop Caucus executives, Tanya House and Cynthia Swan, were invited to the West Wing of the White House for a private meeting with White House Domestic Policy Council adviser Sofia Karatara.
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Rev. Lennox Yearwood (left), President Biden and Louis Farrakhan (Getty Images)
During the period Speech in 2021Regan called Yearwood a “good friend.”
EPA spokesman Timothy Carroll doubled down on the agency’s defense of Regan and Yearwood’s partnership, telling Fox News Digital, “EPA appreciates the important work the Hip Hop Caucus and Yearwood continue to do to advocate for environmental justice across the country.” He added, “EPA condemns hate speech or bigotry against any group or individual on the basis of religion, race or background.”
The statement is almost exactly what Carroll said when Fox News Digital asked him about his relationship with one of Farrakhan’s “top soldiers” in March. Muhammad’s Facebook post appears to have been removed shortly after Fox News Digital reached out to the EPA and the Hip Hop Caucus.
In April 2015, during an event protesting police brutality, Muhammad Posted a photo Yearwood’s “With Malik Farrakhan and Brothers in FOI” acronym “FOI” appears to refer to Fruit of Islam, a paramilitary wing of the Nation of Islam.
Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam have been heavily criticized by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), organizations created to stop the defamation of Jewish people. The ADL calls Farrakhan “one of the most prominent anti-Semites,” while the SPLC classifies the Nation of Islam as a hate group.
Muhammad, whom Yearwood described as a “dear brother and friend” in 2020, has praised him many times over the years. Fundraising for Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.
“Once again for the record, I [Louis Farrakhan]”He is my heart,” Muhammad said in a March 2018 post, accompanying a photo of him and Farrakhan.
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Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC on November 16, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
In addition to Regan, Muhammad also posted photos with several other attendees of the Democratic National Convention. MSNBC host Al Sharptonhas a long history with Farrakhan, while Tamika Mallory, a prominent Women’s March leader, also praised Farrakhan and attended several events with him over the years.
Mallory, who previously faced criticism for calling Farrakhan “the greatest man of all time for what he’s done in the black community,” acknowledged attending dozens of the Nation of Islam’s annual Savior’s Day speeches, including one where Farrakhan said, “Any Jew in power is my enemy.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House.
Fox News Digital’s Thomas Catenacci contributed to this report.
