The former leader of the Ku Klux Klan praised Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) following the latter's latest anti-semitic comments.
As a slew of Jews and Jewish supporters condemned Omar, David Duke stepped into the fray to call Omar "the most important member of Congress."
She's earned the moniker because of her "defiance to Z.O.G.," he wrote on Twitter on March 7.
The acronym refers to the phrase "Zionist-occupied government."
Duke said in a promotion for his latest podcast that he and another man on the podcast "heaped praise on Ilhan Omar (D-New Somalia) for being the one person in Congress willing to notice AIPAC and the 'dual' loyalty of many (((members of Congresss))) [sic]."
He included a picture of Omar, who was born in Somalia before fleeing the country for the United States, and who is a Muslim and self-described "intersectional feminist," next to an emoji showing someone in love with someone else.
It's not the first time Duke has pledged support for Omar.
Omar has not disavowed the former KKK leader.
Duke's heightened support came as Democrats struggled to unify to condemn the recent comments by Omar, one of the new radical fringe seemingly overtaking the party, along with fellow popular radicals Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).
Just weeks later, Omar took to Twitter to insinuate that the Jewish group AIPAC was behind a scheme to exchange funding for politicians in return for supporting Israel. After fierce criticism, she apologized but also suggested she was being criticized for speaking her mind.
Just weeks after that ruckus she laid out the "dual loyalty" smear that has Jewish supporters on both sides of the political aisle up in arms, with staunch Democrats like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joining the chorus of critics.
Democratic leader and Majority House Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested on Thursday that Omar didn't understand the full weight of her rhetoric while confirming that the language was anti-semitic.
"I don't think that the congresswoman perhaps appreciates the full weight of how it was heard by other people, although I don't believe it was intended in an anti-Semitic way," she told reporters.
Haggling over the resolution's language, the vote was pushed back days as Ocasio-Cortez and others reportedly defended Omar and accused her critics of being fueled by Islamophobia without citing evidence.
"Jewish people are subject in the media and political campaigns to numerous other dangerous anti-Semitic myths as well, including that Jews control the United States government or seek global, political, and financial domination and that Jews are obsessed with money," the authors stated.
Seeking to calm anger from Omar's camp, new language was also included condemning "anti-Muslim bigotry" and a portion detailing anti-Muslim actions in the United States that ended up being about as long as the part about anti-Semitism.