Posted on 01/25/2018 3:31:04 PM PST by markomalley
A new photo has emerged that shows former President Barack Obama posing with Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the black nationalist hate group Nation of Islam.
The photo shows then Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama smiling with Farrakhan at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting in 2005. Farrakhan is known for embracing radically anti-Semitic and anti-white views, as even the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center has acknowledged.
Journalist Askia Muhammed said he took the photo but decided to suppress its publication in order to protect Obama’s presidential ambitions. Now that Obama’s political career is over, Muhammad is going public with the picture and publishing it in a new book called “The Autobiography of Charles 67X.”
The photo was first published last week by the Trice Edney News Wire, a “provocative, empowering, unapologetically Black” wire news service that interviewed Muhammad. The veteran journalist told the news service that he “gave the picture up at the time and basically swore secrecy” to protect Obama.
“But after the nomination was secured and all the way up until the inauguration; then for eight years after he was President, it was kept under cover,” he said, referencing keeping the photo under wraps to protect Obama’s career. “It absolutely would have made a difference.”
Muhammad is a veteran journalist who has won awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.
Obama’s ties to Farrakhan became an issue during the 2008 campaign, after Hillary Clinton slammed Obama for being slow to disavow the hate group leader’s endorsement.
“I obviously can’t censor him, but it is not support that I sought,” Obama said at the time, according to CNN. “And we’re not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally with Minister Farrakhan.” Obama added: “I can’t say to somebody that he can’t say that he thinks I’m a good guy.”
Pushed by Clinton, Obama finally denounced Farrakhan, saying that “if the word ‘reject’ Senator Clinton feels is stronger than the word ‘denounce,’ then I’m happy to concede the point, and I would reject and denounce.”
The new photo shows Obama was closer to Farrakhan than he let on.
Gee... THERE’s a surprise ... a radical muslim president mingling with a radical muslim nationalist.
Tools of a Global Caliphate, nothing more.. and the band played on..
When will he come out of the closet as a card carrying muslim
Bombshell! Obama will never be President now!
Would have made no difference. His “minister” sreaming G— Da— America didn’t hurt him one bit neither would this. Sure is nice to 90% of MSM totally devoted to you.
That’s one one-trillionth of the coverup of Barry’s Very Bad Background.
Nobody HAS to tell a lib journo, “PROTECT the libs..!”
They JUST DO.
They don’t NEED to be told.
About the same time he comes out of the closet saying he's gay.
There are countless “bombshells” concerning Dorkbama or the Clinton klan, but none will be a real bombshell because the MSM (most powerful) and its minions (FBI, CIA, NSA, Just-Us Club, etc) simply will not allow it.
Call us when one actually produces anything resembling justice to the rats.
Who cares? It’s not like the man can run for president again.
It may have been a bombshell to the rest of the country, but to those of us in Illinois this was not news at all. Unfortunately, since the city of Chicago dominates the state, there was little the rest of us could do about it. The fix was in.
Now snap a photo with DJT and David Duke, and everyone will lose their minds.
He would have been elected if someone had produced a picture of him smiling with David Duke.
“When will he come out of the closet as a card carrying muslim”
Actually he did. He referenced his Muslim faith on ABC during an interview and George S immediately rushed in “fixed” it.
I guess the LA Times vid will show up now?
Yawn. Would not have matter at all if it was provided at the time, nothing new.
What a surprise, NOT!
Which one is B.O.?
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