{"id":1913944,"date":"2023-04-13T00:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-leader-defended-anti-semites-who-praised-hitler-called-black-conservatives-house-negroes\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T01:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:01:26","slug":"house-dem-leader-defended-anti-semites-who-praised-hitler-called-black-conservatives-house-negroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-leader-defended-anti-semites-who-praised-hitler-called-black-conservatives-house-negroes\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dem Leader Defended Anti-Semites Who Praised Hitler, Called Black Conservatives &#8216;House Negroes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dem-leader-defended-anti-semites-who-praised-hitler-called-black-conservatives-house-negroes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1913944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><h2>Hakeem Jeffries Caught in a Lie Regarding Past Support of Anti-Semitic Family Member<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; FEBRUARY 02: House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 2, 2022, in Washington, DC. House Democratic leadership held a news conference to discuss Democratic agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) claimed he had only a &#8220;vague recollection&#8221; of his uncle&#8217;s anti-Semitic speeches made in the 1990s, but an editorial from 1992 found by CNN shows that he defended his uncle&#8217;s comments and the notorious anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Jeffries&#8217;s uncle, Leonard Jeffries, accused &#8220;rich Jews&#8221; of being responsible for the slave trade and claimed that Jewish executives in Hollywood had planned and plotted a conspiracy against black people. Farrakhan is an infamous anti-Semite who has praised Adolf Hitler and assailed the &#8220;stranglehold that Jews have on this government.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    In the article, the Democratic leader defended his uncle&#8217;s ideologies after inviting him to speak at Binghamton University.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Jeffries also compared black conservatives to &#8220;House Negroes&#8221; during American slavery, calling them &#8220;tokens&#8221; and &#8220;opportunists.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Jeffries&#8217;s office stated that he does not share the controversial views his uncle had over 30 years ago.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    When he took office in the House in 2013, Jeffries told the Wall Street Journal that he had a &#8220;vague recollection&#8221; of the controversies and was not paying attention because he was away at school.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Jeffries defended his uncle&#8217;s campus speech at a 1992 press conference after a Jewish group protested.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakeem Jeffries caught in lie over past support for anti-Semitic family member WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; FEBRUARY 02: House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. House Democratic leadership held a news conference to discuss Democratic agenda. 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