DEARBORN, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A Donald Trump supporter who posted videos of herself in Dearborn while recording the Muslim call to prayer has had her TikTok account banned.
Mellissa Carone has posted several videos of the call to prayer, which is blasted five times a day beginning as early at 5:30 a.m. in Dearborn, on other social media platforms as well. On Oct. 14, she posted she had a new TikTok account.
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“My previous one was banned today,” Carone said on her X account. “I won’t stop posting what’s going on in Dearborn Michigan for everyone to see!”
What’s next?
Carone said she will now focus on Muslim political candidates.
“I am shifting my focus to ensure these extreme/ Anti-America/ Pro-HAMAS/ Pro-Sharia Law terrorists aren’t elected into US government-they are a threat to every single American citizen and should be banned from holding office in the US,” Carone posted on X on Oct. 15.
In one video, Carone said non-Muslim American women that don’t cover their head will be harassed if they walk in the east side of Dearborn. She said she knows female friends who didn’t cover up who have been spit on by Dearborn residents.
Mixed reactions.
Carone’s videos have had a mixed reaction on social media. Several commenters wondered how a mosque could blast a religious prayer over loudspeakers. Others called Carone an Islamophobe.
Some Dearborn residents posted their own videos criticizing her for spreading what they called misinformation about the city, such as a woman not being able to walk in the city without being harassed.
Political work.
Carone ran for Lt. Governor of Michigan in 2022 and lost representing the U.S. Taxpayers Party. She was disqualified from the Republican primary in 2022 twice when she tried to run for the state House and Senate, according to Ballotpedia.
In addition, Carone worked as a contractor for Dominion Voting Systems at Detroit’s TCF Center where absentee ballots were counted in the disputed 2020 presidential election. She claimed in an election oversight hearing held by Michigan legislators in December 2020 that she observed more than 20 acts of fraud including 30,000 ballots being counted multiple times, according to the New York Times.
Dominion Voting Systems called Carone’s statements defamatory and sent her a cease and desist letter, the New York Times reported.