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Trump to focus on economy at North Carolina rally; Walz attends campaign events

The Washington Examiner obtained the video. The outlet says it is from an event hosted by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota during Walz’s first campaign for governor in 2018. In the clip, Walz praises Imam Asad Zaman, executive director of the organization hosting the event, as a “master.”

“They have no personal relationship and the governor condemns Hamas terrorism and anti-Semitism of any kind,” Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for the Harris-Walz campaign, told NBC News.

Walz’s appearance alongside the Muslim cleric came after Zaman shared a link to a neo-Nazi propaganda film in 2015 that portrayed Adolf Hitler in a positive light. Zaman had also shared a Hamas press release in 2016 mourning the death of a politician who was executed after being found guilty of war crimes.

NBC has reached out to Imam Asad Zaman, who told CNN he does not have a “personal relationship” with Walz and sometimes shares links on social media “without thoroughly vetting them.”

“I support organizations, leaders and efforts to achieve greater justice, equality and well-being for all people, whether Muslim or Jewish, Christian or Hindu, religious or atheist,” he told CNN. “Wishing to harm people goes against my faith and my personal convictions.”

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