The new members of the Women’s March leadership previously defended the inaugural board members of the liberal organization amid allegations of anti-Semitism.
Linda Sarsour, Bob Bland, and Tamika Mallory stepped down from the Women’s March in July, but the group’s website was not updated until this week. While new board member Zahra Billoo has a history of anti-Zionist tweets, others in the new leadership have shown support for Sarsour and Mallory.
Samia Assed, a Palestinian American activist who serves on the board of the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, has posted pictures with Sarsour and retweeted a video with the with the caption, “Israel = worse than the devil part 2.” Assed’s Twitter account is now private.
Mrinalini Chakraborty, executive director of Men4Choice and who started Women’s March Illinois, tweeted at American Airlines, “you messed with the wrong sister. [Tamika DMallory] has an army behind her” and showed her support for Sarsour when she was arrested for disrupting the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
.@AmericanAir – you messed with the wrong sister. @TamikaDMallory has an army behind her. ✊✊✊ #IStandWithTamika
— Mrinalini Chakraborty (Mrin) (@mrinalini_says) October 17, 2017
Love you, @lsarsour! https://t.co/3xBNrENNZ4
— Mrinalini Chakraborty (Mrin) (@mrinalini_says) September 27, 2018
Sarsour and Mallory have been accused of anti-Semitism because of their ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has a long history of anti-Semitic comments.
The Women’s March did not return the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment in time for publication.
