Harris praises pro-Farrakhan pastor who said gay people should feel 'uncomfortable' in their 'sin'

FIRST ON FOX: Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris visited the mega religion of a arguable pastor this past Sunday successful a cardinal plaything state, wherever she thanked him for his "leadership" and said she was honored to beryllium successful attendance to "celebrate" what helium has "accomplished."

Harris attended a religion work astatine the Georgia-based New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which is nether the pastoral enactment of elder pastor Jamal H. Bryant. The longtime pastor has repeatedly praised the antisemitic Nation of Islam person Louis Farrakhan and said cheery radical should consciousness "uncomfortable" successful their "sin."

Bryant, who introduced Harris arsenic an "American hero" and "voice of the future," told the congregation that their unborn grandchildren are going to 1 time inquire wherever they were connected the time of the religion work and called connected them to "make immoderate noise" for their "fearless leader."

"Pastor Bryant, I convey you for your leadership," Harris said portion delivering remarks for astir 20 minutes successful beforehand of the New Birth congregation. "You and I person discussed that we archetypal met astir 20 years agone erstwhile determination was a convening of rising stars successful the country, and we had conversations backmost past astir however we thought of our relation and work to our state and our work and work arsenic leaders."

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VP Harris and Pastor Bryant astatine New Birth Missionary Baptist Church connected October 20, 2024. (Youtube Screenshot)

"It is truthful bully to beryllium with you this greeting to observe what you person accomplished with this bonzer congregation," she added.

Bryant, who donated $500 to the Harris run a week aft President Biden announced that helium wasn't moving for re-election, has been a vocal Harris protagonist and said earlier this summertime that helium and different Black leaders were "mobilizing an army" successful enactment of her campaign. 

"It was a sister that raised you, it was a sister that taught you however to read. It takes a existent antheral to enactment a woman," Bryant said during his sermon. He added, "You were calved for specified a clip arsenic this," referring to Harris.

Despite Bryant's praise for Harris and boosting her candidacy, his past arguable comments could travel backmost to haunt the Harris campaign.

He has a agelong past of praising Nation of Islam person Louis Farrakhan, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric dating backmost decades, including calling Jews "wicked" and comparing them to termites by saying helium was "anti-termite." Bryant interviewed the Nation of Islam person successful 2015 and said helium is "one of the top leaders of our people."

"We invited to the Word Network and the full world, the honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan! We’re honored to person you, sir," Bryant said portion introducing him. "I’m truthful appreciative to beryllium capable to people successful past that I lived successful the aforesaid chasm of clip arsenic 1 of the top leaders of our people."

In a tweet from 2019, Bryant said that helium was "humbled" to beryllium successful Farrakhan’s presence. His Twitter leafage has dozens of different tweets related to Farrakhan.

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Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a code and talks astir U.S. President Donald Trump, astatine the Watergate Hotel, connected November 16, 2017 successful Washington, D.C.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Bryant has besides been captious of the cheery community, telling a congregation astatine the Baltimore Empowerment Temple successful 2012 that "homosexuality is not the lone sin, but it is simply a sin," portion adding that it is their "responsibility" to marque cheery radical and different sinners "uncomfortable successful [their] sin." 

He went connected to onslaught erstwhile President Obama for supporting cheery matrimony and not giving Black pastors a warning, causing them to consciousness blindsided and betrayed. He told the congregation that Obama was "Black and wrong" and "Black and retired of order."

Harris has been a longtime protagonist of cheery rights and her run website says she volition "always support the state to emotion who you emotion openly and with pride."

"In 2004, she officiated immoderate of the nation’s archetypal same-sex marriages and arsenic Attorney General, she refused to support California’s anti-marriage equality statewide referendum," her run website continued. "As President, she’ll combat to walk the Equality Act to enshrine anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQI+ Americans successful wellness care, housing, acquisition and much into law."

During Harris' remarks astatine Bryant's church, she besides gave a shout-out to her arguable hometown pastor and longtime mentor, Rev. Amos Brown, who was successful attendance astatine the religion service, calling him a "source of comfortableness and solace for maine for truthful galore years" and praising his "wisdom."

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Vice President Harris' longtime mentor and pastor, Amos Brown, erstwhile pinned blasted connected the United States for the 9/11 attacks. (Fox News)

Brown, who has faced backlash for past comments, including blaming the United States for the September 11th attacks and repeatedly defending Obama's arguable pastor Jeremiah Wright, besides delivered remarks during the religion service.

At 1 constituent during his prayer, Brown called for God to "speak to each Black antheral and person him to cognize helium spits connected their graves erstwhile helium refuses to vote. Speak to each Black antheral that helium volition cognize that we indispensable not trample connected the graves of those who gave up their lives for the close to vote."

"Thank you, ohio God, for this time that we commune for our subordinate and thy servant, Kamala Harris. Oh God, whitethorn she cognize that she moves astir this nation. You volition usher her. You volition support her, and she volition beryllium capable to say, ‘I volition marque the acheronian airy earlier thee, and what is incorrect I cognize you volition marque it close earlier maine and each my battles I volition combat earlier thee.'"

Fox News Digital reached retired to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and the Harris run for remark but did not person a response.