FACT CHECK · ANTISEMITIC TROPES
Claim: Farrakhan is a respected leader
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
His record: called Hitler "a very great man" (1984), Judaism a "gutter religion" (1984), Jews "termites" (2018). Facebook banned him for hate speech in 2019.
SOURCE
NYT/AP 1984; Farrakhan speech Oct 2018 (CNN); Facebook ban, May 2019 (Reuters)
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