https://www.yahoo.com/news/dnc-appears-pull-sponsorship-women-072206622.htmlThe Democratic National Committee appeared to pull its sponsorship of the Women’s March after some members of the event’s leadership refused to distance themselves from Louis Farrakhan, who has been widely condemned for making anti-Semitic remarks.
The DNC’s name disappeared from the Women’s March sponsorship webpage sometime this week, according to a cache of the website. The group is planning a mass protest event on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C., its third annual event.
Several members of the Women’s March have been embroiled in controversy in recent months over their affiliation with Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who has a long history of anti-Semitic rhetoric. Two leaders of the group, Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez, have posted photos with the man on Instagram, and Mallory refused to denounce Farrakhan in an appearance on “The View” this week.
“I didn’t call him the greatest of all time because of his rhetoric,”
Mallory said in the interview, referencing a social media post in which she referred to Farrakhan as GOAT. “I called him the greatest of all time because of what he’s done in black communities.”
