Defenders of Farrakhan Deal with Bishop Jamal Bryant, & haters of Truth

On March 2nd, CNN’s Jake Tapper began to incredulously tweet that Tamika Mallory, co-founder of the Women’s March and self-described “freedom fighter,” was defending her choice to attend a speech by Louis Farrakhan. As is typical for the controversial Nation of Islam leader, the speech was laced with bigoted invectives, including references to the devil as “that Satanic Jew,” and the unsubtle proclamation that “the powerful Jews are my enemy.”

Tapper followed up his tweets with a news segment in which he and several panelists questioned why some on the left, including Women’s March co-chairs Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, and Carmen Perez, have declined to rebuke Farrakhan’s statements. Black Lives Matter advocate Shaun King, and the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman, have also voiced support for Mallory, characterizing her as an opponent to all forms of bigotry, including anti-Semitism, though they have largely declined to comment on her choice to support an openly anti-Semitic and homophobic leader.