Philadelphia Eagles football star DeSean Jackson is being accused of promoting anti-Semitic and anti-vaccine content on his personal Instagram on Monday after quoting Hitler and Louis Farrakhan.
In his initial Instagram post, Jackson highlighted three passages from a book attributing quotes to Adolf Hitler, according to Fox News.
“Hitler said, ‘because the white Jews know [sic] that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep America's secret the Jews will blackmail America. They will extort America, their plan to world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were. The white citizens of America will be terrified to know that all this time they’ve been mistreating and discriminating and lynching children of Israel.”
Hey @jeff_lurie and @HowieRoseman - you guys cool with your wide receiver (Desean Jackson) quoting Hitler and proclaiming he was right? pic.twitter.com/ufCvDG3VaO
— StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) July 6, 2020
The passage is reportedly from the book “Jerusalem” according to the Philly Voice.
Jackson also posted photos of known anti-Semite and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, along with the caption, “This man powerful I hope everyone got a chance to watch this!! Don’t be blinded. Know what’s going on."
One of the posts included a video of Bill and Melinda Gates where Farrakhan warns against coronavirus vaccines. The post reads: “DISGUSTING A** [PEOPLE!]! YOU GET THE VACCINATION FIRST.. DUMB BROAD!”
According to the Daily Caller, Jackson deleted the posts and said, “ANYONE WHO FEELS I HAVE HATE TOWARDS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TOOK MY POST THE WRONG WAY I HAVE NO HATRED IN MY HEART TOWARDS NO ONE !! EQUALITY EQUALITY.”
The Eagles have not responded to any requests for comment.