“I'm not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite.”

— Louis Farrakhan

16 October 2018 https://twitter.com/LouisFarrakhan/status/1052304476923719680, highlighted 17 October 2018 by The Hill https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411950-twitter-says-it-wont-suspend-louis-farrakhan-over-tweet-comparing-jews-to

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leader of the Nation of Islam 1933

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