minifier does not recognize ` character for multiline strings

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Installed product versions

• Visual Studio: 2019 Professional

Description

i used ` character for some multiline strings in my js file and it seems minifier does not understand this character and returns whole bunch of errors. for example:

var jqueryDiv = `
<div data-some-var="test">
</div>
`;

returns illegal assignment: = errors

Steps to recreate

1. use `` to create a html string
2. minify the file