Anti-Israel Agitators Target Slotkin's Campaign Over Farrakhan Connection

**S** **A** **P** **O:** A top political adviser to a House Democrat running for the Senate in a state known for its anti-Israel activism has attended a convention organized by one of the United States' most notorious antisemites, raising concerns about the candidate's ties to divisive figures.

FIRST ON FOX: A top political adviser to a House Democrat, who is running for the Senate in a state that has become a hotbed for anti-Israel activism, attended a convention organized by one of the most notorious antisemites in the United States.

Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin's deputy political director, Terra Defoe, posted on Facebook in 2017 about her "full week" of "supporting the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan" at the Nation of Islam's "Saviours' Day Convention."

Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, has a long history of making antisemitic remarks, comparing Jews to termites and calling them "Satanic."

Defoe's Facebook post included a photo of herself with Farrakhan and a smiling Mike Duggan, the Democratic mayor of Detroit who was recently praised by President Biden at the NAACP dinner earlier this month. Duggan has also visited the Biden White House multiple times.

A spokesperson for Duggan claimed that the mayor "has never attended a Saviours' day event" and that his meeting with Farrakhan was "private," during which he "addressed the issue of antisemitic language directly with Minister Farrakhan."

However, Farrakhan has praised Duggan multiple times, including at this year's Saviours' Day convention in Detroit, where he thanked him and the deputy mayor for the "wonderful and kind way you have received us."

In 2017, Defoe read a proclamation from Duggan's office to the participants of the convention welcoming the convention "home" to Detroit, according to the Nation of Islam's "Final Call" newsletter.

Defoe's personal website lists multiple political positions she has held, including serving as a Detroit Delegation Organizer to the Michigan House Democrats and a senior adviser to Duggan. She has also worked in ministry and has served as the host of a cable television talk show called "On the Floor" with Dr. Terra DeFoe, which airs in Detroit.

Between July 2023 and March 2024, Defoe received almost $60,000 from Slotkin's campaign for a range of payments, including salary, stipends, and reimbursements, according to FEC records reviewed by Fox News Digital.

In 2019, two years after attending the Nation of Islam convention, Defoe invited Troy Muhammad onto her talk show. Muhammad, who serves as a "State Representative for Minister Louis Farrakhan and Minister of Muhammad Mosque No. 1" and was pictured in Defoe's 2017 Facebook post, was described by DeFoe in the introduction as a "valued community leader in Detroit." The interview, which lasted nine minutes, according to an archived copy, did not include any questions about Farrakhan's controversial antisemitic comments.

"Elissa Slotkin is running to the radical antisemitic fringes of the Democratic Party to win her primary campaign against Hill Harper," a national GOP strategist told Fox News Digital.

Farrakhan has repeatedly made antisemitic and homophobic comments, accusing Jews of being responsible for the slave trade, Jim Crow, and black oppression in general. In a 1996 speech in Chicago, Farrakhan denounced Jews as "the synagogue of Satan."

Slotkin, who is Jewish, has spoken out against the violence that has unfolded on college campuses as part of the anti-Israel protests and called on universities to do more to keep students safe from antisemitism.

Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin's office and campaign but did not receive a response.