Louisiana Dem Senate candidate admitted supporting anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan ‘without end’

FIRST ON FOX: A number one Democratic Senate candidate working to problem Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., appeared on the podcast of antisemite Louis Farrakhan’s spokesperson in 2020, the place he lavished reward on Farrakhan and admitted to being a longtime “supporter.”

Gary Chambers Jr., an East Baton Rouge activist working for the Senate, appeared on the Elevated Locations – “Ask Dr. Ava” podcast of Dr. Ava Muhammad, who’s listed because the nationwide spokesperson for Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam chief who has a lengthy historical past of antisemitic feedback, together with calling Jews “depraved” and evaluating them to “termites.”

The podcast’s co-host Terence Muhammad, who has tweeted a number of instances about his help for Farrakhan and has a profile image with Farrakhan on his Twitter and Instagram, launched Chambers by saying Chambers “loves the honorable Louis Farrakhan” and “loves his work.”

“So initially let me say to the Honorable Louis Farrakhan that I’ve been listening to him since I used to be a younger man with my father,” Chambers mentioned. “He used to return on TV right here in Baton Rouge and my dad kicked me to the sport at about 13 or 14 and I’ve been listening ever since as a result of when a Black man stands up for Black of us it makes a Black man need to rise up.” 

“I’ve been a supporter [of Farrakhan] from the gap without end, so let me say that first,” Chambers continued.

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Chambers then spoke for about 20 minutes about his activism and the way he slammed a faculty board member who defended a Robert E. Lee statue, which led to him doing nationwide interviews on CNN and MSNBC in the course of the summer season of 2020. Close to the tip of his interview, he mentioned that when he acquired the invite to seem on the podcast it was a “sure the minute I learn the textual content message as a result of I really like you all and the whole lot that you simply characterize for our individuals.” 

Farrakhan’s spokesperson responded by saying, “We’re pleased with you. You actually make us proud. Don’t overlook this title, listeners. Brother Gary Chambers, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an activist who’s real… Lovely, stunning brother. Thanks, Brother Terence for inviting him.” She later in contrast Chambers to Farrakhan for his change with the college board member by saying Chambers “hurled fact at falsehood.”

In a 2015 tweet, Chambers mentioned Farrakhan “dropped some data” on the “Justice or Else” rally.

Dr. Ava Muhammad has been a staunch defender of Farrakhan as his spokesperson and has espoused antisemitic rhetoric of her personal, which led to the Anti-Defamation League condemning her in June 2017 and calling her rhetoric “vile.” Throughout a Nation of Islam panel in New Orleans a month earlier, Muhammad referred to as Jews “godless” and mentioned, “We might be freed from this bloodsucking parasite so they’ll now not have the ability to promote us alcohol, medication, wicked intercourse and each different sort of low-life factor that’s holding us from hereafter.”

In a 2018 tweet, Muhammad attacked Jews for “violently intrusive – pressuring Black leaders to sentence” Farrakhan and mentioned “[Jews] have confirmed [Farrakhan’s] prices in opposition to them. Get off of us!” In a 2011 tweet, Muhammad mentioned, “Who’s working Wall Road? Who’re the banking households that personal the Federal Reserve? The NY Instances? It’s Jews. through @LouisFarrakhan #MMM16.”

Chambers, who launched his Senate marketing campaign final month, has gone viral a pair instances in latest weeks for advertisements exhibiting him burning a Accomplice flag and smoking marijuana. Politico reported on Monday that he’s the main Democratic fundraiser within the race, elevating almost $600,000 within the first month. 

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Final week, Chambers attended a New York Metropolis fundraiser for his marketing campaign, which was hosted by disgraced former Ladies’s March chief Tamika Mallory, who additionally has ties to Farrakhan, and Stephen Inexperienced, an activist who helps abolishing the Senate and abolishing police.

Mallory has acquired backlash lately for her ties to Farrakhan, which incorporates her attendance at several of his speeches through the years and calling him “the GOAT” or “Best of All Time” in a caption for an Instagram picture of her and Farrakhan.

The Chambers marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. 

Fox Information’ Timothy Nerozzi contributed to this report.