Overview
- At a Friday news conference in Dearborn, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to urge solidarity against hate.
- Speakers described the city as safe and welcoming and warned that efforts to divide residents would fail.
- The briefing followed Tuesday confrontations along Michigan Avenue and at City Hall involving pro-Muslim activists, conservatives and alt-right anti-Muslim demonstrators.
- Video documented shouting, pushing and provocative acts, including Florida Senate candidate Jake Lang threatening to burn a Quran and taunting opponents with bacon.
- Coverage linked the demonstrations to Michigan gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson’s false claim that Dearborn enforces Sharia law, a statement he later retracted.