Rep. Slotkin's campaign adviser Terra DeFoe has received almost $60,000 from Slotkin's campaign for a range of payments, including salary, stipends, and reimbursements, (Getty Images)
"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 recently praised by President Biden at the NAACP dinner earlier this month, alongside Nation of Islam members.
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. March 2024 disbursements are from the most up-to-date public filings, so the amount will likely be higher when July's report is released.
LEFT-WING ACTIVIST WHO HIRED ONE OF FARRAKHAN'S 'TOP SOLDIERS' HAS VISITED BIDEN WHITE HOUSE 7 TIMES
Rep. Elissa Slotkin's Senate campaign and House office did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. (Getty Images)
"It is inexcusable that anyone supports Louis Farrakhan's venomous hate, but all the more troubling that supporters like Terra DeFoe are in a position of trust and authority among elected officials, and are therefore capable of causing significant damage to our core value of equality under the law."
"It should be uncomfortable for Democrats that Michigan political operatives like DeFoe and politicians like Tlaib to brazenly attend antisemitic events - but it isn’t," Goldstein added. "Elissa Slotkin has not yet fired Defoe, signaling a shocking level of comfort with Jew-hatred for an elected official who is both Jewish and has called on universities to do more to keep students safe."
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Goldstein also called for Slotkin, who is Jewish, to "demonstrate her commitment to equality under the law by immediately terminating Defoe’s employment."
"We don’t need equivocation or justification on the part of elected representatives like Slotkin, any more than we need inaction. Failure to impose consequences on blatant Jew-hatred and anti-Americanism will have a significant impact on Election Day."
Slotkin is currently running as a Democrat to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate.
Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin's office and campaign for comment but did not receive a response.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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