Chicago, IL – Barack Obama posed for a photo in 2005 with Louis Farrakhan, the virulently anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam movement, and the photographer said he suppressed its publication at the request of a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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The future president was the U.S. senator from Illinois at the time.
The Trice Edney News Wire first published the photo on Jan. 20. It quotes the photographer, Askia Muhammad, saying that after snapping the picture at a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus, an unidentified member of the caucus asked him immediately not to run the photo.
Muhammad said he gave the disk containing the photo to Farrakhan’s chief of staff.
As there was already talk in 2005 of Obama running for president, Muhammad said he and others did not want to harm the Democrat’s chances. It isn’t clear who was employing Muhammad at the time, but he had previously worked for the Nation of Islam publication, The Final Call.
Jewish leaders have repeatedly denounced Farrakhan as an anti-Semite, noting his speeches accusing Jews variously of conspiring to control the government, the media and Hollywood.
Farrakhan apparently referred to the photo in 2016 toward the end of Obama’s second term, saying he had met privately with Obama and had a photo of them together. He didn’t specify the date of the meeting. The newly released photo shows Obama and Farrakhan with members of Farrakhan’s family and the Rev. Willie Wilson, an organizer of Farrakhan’s Million Man March in 1995.
Farrakhan expressed support for Obama’s candidacy in 2008, and Obama’s pastor at the time, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, had praised Farrakhan on multiple occasions. That made Farrakhan an issue during the primaries campaign that year, and Obama’s rival at the time, Hillary Clinton, called on him to repudiate Farrakhan. Obama did so during a primaries debate.
Talking Points Memo, which also reported Thursday on the photo, solicited comment from Obama. A spokesman directed the liberal news site to an interview Obama gave in 1995 when he was first running for the Illinois state Senate, and after he had attended Farrakhan’s Million Man March on Washington, D.C.
“What I saw was a powerful demonstration of an impulse and need for African-American men to come together to recognize each other and affirm our rightful place in the society,” Obama told the Chicago Reader, describing his impressions of the march. “There was a profound sense that African-American men were ready to make a commitment to bring about change in our communities and lives.”
But he continued: “But cursing out white folks is not going to get the job done. Anti-Semitic and anti-Asian statements are not going to lift us up. We’ve got some hard nuts-and-bolts organizing and planning to do. We’ve got communities to build.”
his real birthplace of Indonesia was also cut out ……………….now what?
Yet Yonasonw only complains when Trump meets with someone who is remotley accused of being a white radical.
Look here is the deal and I will get lots of flak from the anti obama camp on Vin too. I do not believe that Obama was an anti semite rather he was a liberal politician. Any candidate meets with extreme elements on either side of the aisle. This to me is not an indication of anti semtism and neither is Trump or Bannon or even Spencer. (although the later touches close to the limit.)
to #2 – Farrakhan & Wright were Obama’s mentors not just meeting………………….YM”S.
The black messiah meeting with his rebbe.
Obama the evil anti american. Farrakhan Wright Obumer mentors.
Feh on you people who supported this dangerous president. Obumer damage will be with us for years.
Poor Hashomer one of his heroes has been proven to be a fraud and phony, his legacy has almost vanished into think air.
Is anyone surprised? Maybe my cousin. Honestly, L, you’re too old to be this naive.
In addition to meeting with Farrakhan (and suppressing the photo), Obama invited Al Sharpton to the White House many times. Sharpton was one of the instigators of the Crown Heights Pogrom of 1991, and to this day, continues to lie about his role, in that disgraceful chapter in American history. In spite of meeting with Farrakhan and Sharpton, Temple Emanuel had the audacity and the chutzpah to invite Obama to speak (and pay him an outrageous speaking fee)!
Wouldn’t have made a difference in the election. Not one dem or liberal Jewish vote would have switched. They all had enough info on Obama without this revelation.
Obama had several character traits that defined him. He was a party politician, pressing for the Democratic party and against the Republican party. This was often regardless of the subject matter. He was beyond liberal, and actually more socialist than anything resembling the Constitution. He was a rabid supporter of Islam, its terror, and the anti-Israel agenda. He was an anti-white racist of the most extreme type. He actually achieved moderate success with his evil traits. he planted the seeds for an agenda of the liberal Democrats that complains about Trump, no matter what he does. He used the media in this endeavor. He refused to acknowledge radical Islam terror, despite the facts that glared at the world. He created movements against law enforcement, and the seeds and support for BLM, which is nothing beyond anti-white racism.
I still pray that we should. speedily in our days, witness the complete reversal of all the wreckage this closet terrorist inflicted on America. He is certainly going down in history as one of the worst leaders America ever had.
There’s more evidence to this being revealed every day.
Libs: Challenge truth.
I’ve already had fanatical liberals tell me it’s just a picture and it doesn’t mean anything. Those so loyal to the Democratic Party will do anything to hide the truths of their worst politicians.
Obama was everything and more that those of us who saw thru him predicted. He took right and made it wrong while taking wrong and making it right, particularly when it came to exploiting racial issues. The left just ate it up and supported him to the hilt. To this day with few exceptions many view him as their Messiah.
As President he reveled in having Al Sharpton as an a advisor and showing it up the posterior of America’s right and the Jews who knew of Sharptons hateful past.
obuma was a anti-Semite, is an anti-Semite and will always be an anti-Semite, why he was raised by a Commie, [always against Jew] a Moslem which many are against Jews, went to rev wrights shtingx, and the leftist professor and the love of
Che. So how does the leftist try to kasher a pig?
More proof that the mamzer was the most anti Semitic president since fdr
funny. Obama saved us from a major recession, maybe a depression. not a word about that. it’ll take years to fix what he created. and, pray, exactly what did he do to America that was soooo terrible, oh racist pigs that you all are !
as for Israel, he sent that nation all the weapons it ever asked for – any other president act so benevolently? of course not – just think of baker and Albright, and even your hero Truman who put an embargo on arms to the new nation of Israel.
the racism running thru all these comments is DISGUSTING !
but why be surprised, it’s the same people who can only say ‘shvartze’ this and ‘shvartze’ that. FEH !
Why is this a surprise? Arent we talking about the chayleria who spent over 20 years hanging out in the church of G-D D–M America Black Theologian Jerimiah Wright.