Former Women's March leader Tamika Mallory has been accused of antisemitism. (AP)
Mallory stepped down from The Women's March in 2019 after facing backlash for her praise of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious antisemite who compared Jews to termites.
She has repeatedly praised Farrakhan, including repeatedly calling him an "honorable minister" and the "greatest of all time because of what he’s done in black communities." Mallory was also seen attending an event where Farrakhan said that "the powerful Jew is my enemy."
Mallory was confronted by hosts of "The View" for her support for Farrakhan in a 2019 episode.
"Tamika, you came under some fire for your relationship with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam," host Sunny Hostin said. "He’s known for being anti-Semitic, for being homophobic, but you do attend his events, and you posted… a photo calling him the G.O.A.T., which means the greatest of all time. You are running an organization that says it fights bigotry. Do you understand why your association with him is quite problematic?"
Mallory fired back, "I think it’s important to put my attendance, my presence at Savior’s Day, which is the highest holy day for the Nation of Islam, in proper context."
She added, "As a leader, as a black leader, in a country that is still dealing with some very serious, unresolved issues, as it relates to the black experience in this country," she often has to go into "difficult spaces" to promote her cause.
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Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York, center, joined by members of his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, transition executive director, Melanie Hartzog, transition co-chair, Maria Torres-Springer, transition co-chair, Grace Bonilla, transition co-chair, and Lina Khan, transition co-chair, speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mamdani, who has been accused of antisemitism as well, which he has denied, was heavily criticized for appointing Mallory to his transition team.
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Author Trisha Posner, who writes on antisemitism, wrote, "This is someone who praised Farrakhan, pushed lies about Jewish involvement in the slave trade, and called Israel’s founding a ‘human rights crime.’ This isn’t ‘community safety.’ It’s mainstreaming hate."
"Mallory is a notorious trafficker of Jew-hatred in America, a defender for Louis Farrakhan’s vicious vitriol against Jews," The Lawfare Project posted on X.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani and Mallory for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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