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Chicago Democrat Defends Friendship With Louis Farrakhan, Doesn’t Mind ‘The Jewish Question’

Emily Zanotti

In an unexpected turn of events (well, depending on whom you ask), the radical left has developed a bizarre new love affair with Louis Farrakhan, the bombastic, sexist, racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ leader of the Nation of Islam. In the span of just weeks, progressive leaders — and even two Women’s March organizers — have defended Farrakhan in the media, and now, even a longtime Democratic lawmaker is getting in on the game.

In an interview with the Daily Caller, Chicago Rep. Danny Davis — a staple of Chicago’s South Side — defended his friendship with the controversial (to put it mildly) Muslim leader, as though they were just buddies who sometimes met for golf and a few beers.

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