'Beyond alarming': Jewish leaders demand House Dem fire top campaign aide who praised notorious antisemite

FIRST ON FOX: A Jewish organization is calling on a House Democrat running for Senate to sever ties with a top campaign adviser who attended a convention organized by a notorious antisemite and posted a photo online smiling alongside him.

"It is beyond alarming that a major U.S. Senate candidate and sitting member of Congress employs political staff who associate with Louis Farrakhan," Liora Rez, Founder and Executive Director of Stop Antisemitism, told Fox News Digital in a blistering statement attacking Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.

"For decades now, Farrakhan has in the most vile, disgusting, and radical terms denounced Jews and Judaism," she said. "Given Rep. Slotkin's extensive experience in counterterrorism, intelligence, and international security, it is concerning that she was unaware of this advisor's connection to Farrakhan."

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"Not only should Rep. Slotkin immediately remove this individual from her orbit, but more importantly, she must make it clear that this type of hate has no place in her campaign for Senate, and put into place thorough vetting processes," Rez continued. "Additionally, it is incumbent upon the press to dig deeper and demand more answers as to how the Congresswoman became affiliated with such a radical."

Rez's comment follows a Fox News Digital report on Terra DeFoe, Slotkin's deputy political director, who 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."

One of the photos DeFoe posted included Farrakhan and a smiling Mike Duggan, the Democratic mayor of Detroit