First appearance on Fox: Democratic Party member Jamal Bowman Recently, a mural of Minister Louis Farrakhan drew the ire of Jewish activists who argued that it should remain in a New York City suburb.
“Squad” Democrats from New York recently released a series of black films depicting black people, including Mr. Farrakhan, who is notorious for making derogatory remarks about Jews, including calling them “the synagogue of the devil” and “the synagogue of the devil.” His comments regarding the Lives Matter mural caused controversy. Termite. ”
“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, right? That’s a fact. And if the community of Greenburgh, especially that area of Greenburgh, supports the mural, then the mural should remain there.”
Bowman’s position sparked strong opposition from Jewish advocates.
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Left – Jamal Bowman R – Minister Louis Farrakhan (Getty Images)
Brooke Goldstein, a human rights attorney and executive director of the Lawfare Project, told Fox News Digital that “Farrakhan single-handedly contributed to the positive relationships and cooperation between various minority groups that have existed since the civil rights movement.” It caused even more damage.”
“Featuring Mr. Farrakhan in any kind of mural is an attempt to gloss over his blatant racism and gaslight the American public 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 has used his very public position to promote abhorrent anti-Semitic stereotypes, while at the same time harassing Jews and other marginalized communities. “We are recruiting and cultivating an army of true believers who have been indoctrinated into a cult of hatred against the United States,” 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.”
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D.Y.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol during the final vote of the week on Thursday, May 25, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“It is unconscionable that Congressman Jamal Bowman would choose to glorify a blatant anti-Semite like Louis Farrakhan,” Lizzie Sabetsky, a Jewish activist from a New York City suburb, told Fox News Digital. , it is reprehensible.”
“This is not just an error in judgment, but a blatant endorsement of hatred and anti-Semitism. Such acts are not only condemned, but we must also discourage attitudes that condone hateful bigotry and bigotry. Congressman Bowman should resign “immediately.” ”
Farrakhan is people called Jews He became one of America’s most controversial religious figures, praising Hitler as a “termite” and making derogatory comments about Israel.
“Louis Farrakhan is one of the most notorious and virulent anti-Semites in our country,” Congressman Carlos Gimenez of Miami-Dade County, home to the largest Jewish population in the United States and the world, told Fox News Digital. Ta. .
“It is completely reprehensible for public officials to use their platform to worship someone who has perpetuated hateful rhetoric and metaphors with the purpose of marginalizing, targeting, and demoting the Jewish community. Whether as mayor of Miami-Dade County or 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. is hotly debated A mural paid for by taxpayers.
Bowman, who represents Greenberg in Congress and was not present when the mural was constructed, told the New York Daily News that Farrakhan had made “horrible” and “vile anti-Semitic” comments. “Local communities living near murals have the power to decide how to move forward.”
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Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks at St. Sabina Church in Chicago on Thursday evening, May 9, 2019. (AP)
Bowman is voice advocate The ceasefire in Gaza, which he said was “a profound uplifting of what it really means to be Jewish,” is not immune to the controversy that comes from supporting radical activists.
In 2014, Bowman Award Winner Radical black activist and convicted murderer during a special project at a New York City middle school he founded before being 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
