Peter Hasson And Chuck Ross
Reporters
August 03, 2020 10:55 PM ET
California Rep. Karen Bass, a top contender to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s 2020 running mate, denied having ties to the Nation of Islam, despite photos and event appearances linking her to the group.
Bass has appeared at events and has been photographed with top Nation of Islam official Tony Muhammad, who praised her as one of the few members of Congress he trusts.
Bass also attended a forum organized by the Final Call, the “official communications organ of the Nation of Islam.â€
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has described Jewish people as “satanic,†praised Adolf Hitler as a “very great man†and blamed Jewish people for both the Holocaust and 9/11.
Rep. Karen Bass, a top contender to become presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, appeared at Nation of Islam events, posed for a picture with a top Nation of Islam official, and attended a forum in 2013 hosted by the organization’s official mouthpiece.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has referred to Jewish people as “satanic,†blamed them for the Holocaust and the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks, and once praised Adolf Hitler as a “very great man.†Farrakhan has also denounced interracial marriage, which he said has “mongrelized†the black race.
The Nation of Islam holds that white people were created 6,000 years ago as the result of a selective breeding program by a black scientist called Yakub.
“This teaching of the birth of the White race has been central to the belief system in the Nation of Islam and it has been met with hostility and profound resistance by its critics, who have most commonly termed it ‘hate teaching,'†the Final Call, the Nation of Islam’s official mouthpiece, states on its website.
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https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/03/karen-bass-nation-of-islam-louis-farrakhan/
