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Women’s March’s Tamika Mallory: I Won’t ‘Throw Away’ The Nation Of Islam

Emily Zanotti

Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory, who has repeatedly refused to distance herself from anti-Semitic hate preacher and Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan, told Elle Magazine in an interview published Wednesday that she has no plans to distance herself from the Nation of Islam organization and sees no reason why she should have to.

“I have been caricatured as someone who is an uncritical supporter of Louis Farrakhan and his every word and deed. That is not true,” Mallory writes, in her essay, clearly designed to alleviate some of the concerns currently dogging the Women’s March organization. “Trust and believe, Minister Farrakhan is clear that I do not agree with everything that he says.”

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