FIRST ON FOX: The chief administrator of President Biden’s Environmental Safety Company (EPA) posed for a photograph on the Democratic Nationwide Conference with one of many “top soldiers” of infamous antisemite Louis Farrakhan, who has in contrast Jews to termites and beforehand known as them “Satanic.”
“Maaaaaaaaan, I had a great time seeing My Environmental Justice Squad along with My Political/Social Justice Squad mixed in with some HBCU LOVE, while here in Chicago,” Terence Muhammad, the lead occasions and area coordinator for the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus, stated in a now-deleted Fb publish final week with a photograph alongside EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
“Yea, the EPA Administrator of the President’s Cabinet is an AGGIE,” he added.
Muhammad’s social media profiles are affected by pro-Farrakhan posts and the Hip Hop Caucus, whose said mission is to combat injustice and enact change, has been concerned in key Biden administration coverage selections, Fox Information Digital beforehand reported.
Terence Muhammad, left, posing with EPA Administrator Michael Regan, middle, has praised Farrakhan on a number of events. (Terence Muhammad/Fb)
Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Lennox Yearwood, who was additionally pictured with Regan and Muhammad, as soon as referred to Muhammad as certainly one of Farrakhan’s “top soldiers” and thanked Farrakhan for permitting Muhammad to be a part of his group.
“Bless Minister @LouisFarrakhan allowing one of his top soldiers [Muhammad] 2 be w/ me for #MOW50. Much LOVE to the NOI,” Yearwood wrote in a now-deleted 2013 publish, referring to Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam.
“Happy Birthday [Terence Muhammad] You’re a blessing to our Movement & our People!” Yearwood wrote in 2016. “Thank you for your love [Louis Farrakhan].”
In a 2014 Fb publish, Muhammad posted a photograph of Yearwood and Farrakhan with the caption, “I am that I am(The Good) because I was introduced to a man named the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and a Life giving teaching from the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. I can move/help my people like I do cause of Rev Lennox Yearwood, CEO/President of the Hip Hop Caucus. I work for these great men.”
“Maaaaaaaaan [Louis Farrakhan] gave me life and [Rev Yearwood] gave me a lifestyle thru @HipHopCaucus to serve our people. I’m sooooo grateful,” Muhammad wrote in 2017 with the identical picture.
Regardless of the social media posts, the Hip Hop Caucus claimed they don’t seem to be concerned with the Nation of Islam in a press release to Fox Information Digital.
“The Hip Hop Caucus and Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. have no relationship with the Nation of Islam and condemn the anti-semitic statements by Louis Farrakhan,” a spokesperson stated. “As a multi-platform organization, Hip Hop Caucus centers Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Queer folks in our voting rights, racial justice, and climate and environmental justice work, we believe in building true allied relationships with well-intentioned communities, who want to collaborate in good faith, as we work to make the United States a more just place.”
White Home customer logs present Yearwood has visited not less than seven instances since Biden took workplace, with six of these visits occurring in 2023. In the latest instance, Yearwood and two different Hip Hop Caucus officers, Tanya Home and Cynthia Swann, have been hosted within the West Wing for a non-public assembly with White Home Home Coverage Council adviser Sofia Carratala.
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, left, President Biden and Louis Farrakhan (Getty Photos)
Throughout a 2021 speech, Regan referred to Yearwood as a “good friend.”
EPA spokesperson Timothy Carroll doubled down on defending Regan’s partnership with Yearwood, telling Fox Information Digital that the “EPA appreciates the important on-going work of the Hip Hop Caucus and Reverend Yearwood to advocate for environmental justice across the country” and that the “EPA condemns any statements of hate or prejudice against any group or individual based on religion, race, or background.”
This assertion is nearly verbatim what Carroll stated in March of this 12 months when Fox Information Digital requested about his affiliation with certainly one of Farrakhan’s “top soldiers.” Muhmmad’s Fb publish seems to have been deleted shortly after Fox Information Digital reached out to the EPA and Hip Hop Caucus.
In April 2015, throughout an occasion protesting police brutality, Muhammad posted an image of Yearwood “with Malik Farrakhan and the brothers of the F.O.I.” The acronym “F.O.I.” seems to be a reference to the Fruits of Islam, the paramilitary wing of the Nation of Islam.
Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam have been closely criticized by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which was based to cease the defamation of Jewish individuals and by the Southern Poverty Regulation Middle (SPLC). The ADL has known as Farrakhan “one of the most prominent antisemites” and SPLC has categorized Nation of Islam as a hate group.
Muhammad – who Yearwood described as a “dear brother and friend” in 2020 – has an extended historical past of himself praising and, on a number of events, elevating cash for Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.
“Just for the record AGAIN. I love [Louis Farrakhan]. He is my heart,” Muhammad stated in a March 2018 publish that included an image of him with Farrakhan.
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Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech on the Watergate Resort, on Nov. 16, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Photos)
Along with Regan, Muhammad posted photographs with a number of different attendees on the DNC, together with MSNBC host Al Sharpton, who has an extended historical past of associations with Farrakhan, and disgraced Ladies’s March chief Tamika Mallory, who has additionally praised Farrakhan and attended a number of occasions with him over time.
Mallory beforehand confronted backlash after she stated that the controversial Farrakhan was the “greatest of all time because of what he’s done in Black communities.” Mallory admitted to attending dozens of the Nation of Islam’s annual Saviour’s Day addresses, together with one the place Farrakhan stated “the powerful Jew is my enemy.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the White Home.
Fox Information Digital’s Thomas Catenacci contributed to this report
