Posted on 11/21/2016 6:58:38 PM PST by heterosupremacist
Keith Ellison, Democratic Congressman from Minnesota, is the favorite to become Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
He has the support of big names like Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Harry Reid, among others.
Yet for years there have been questions about Ellison’s past association with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, as well as his association with anti-Israel groups. We touched upon Ellison’s background in two recent posts:
•Top Dems rally around radical Keith Ellison for DNC Chair •Keith Ellison’s troubling relationship with anti-Israel groups
Scott Johnson of Power Line, who is based in Minnesota, has been following the career of Ellison for a decade. Scott talked about some of what he has learned about Ellison in a recent radio interview, Ten Years On The Ellison Case:
I talked about Keith Ellison with Seth Leibsohn and Chris Buskirk on the aptly named Seth & Chris Show for two segments this afternoon. Seth has kindly forwarded the audio hot off the air (posted here and enbedded below). I’m celebrating ten years on Ellison’s case, trying to warn Democrats off the guy. It turns out I must be Ellison’s good luck charm. If past experience is a guide to future performance, the chairmanship of the Democratic Party has his name on it.
In the course of the interview I cite my Weekly Standard articles “Louis Farrakhan’s first congressman” (2006) and “The Ellison elision” (2014) as well as the Power Line post “Keith Ellison for dummies” (with documents embedded). These pieces have the details to which I only allude in the interview with Seth and Chris.
Ellison once wrote under the names Keith Hakim, Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammad, and supported and defended the Nation of Islam. The extent and timeline of Ellison’s support is part of a whitewash, Scott argues.
Make this joker the chair! Double down on dumb. I know we just got our heads handed to us in the last three elections for extreme stances, let’s go ultra extreme.
I think a radical, racist, Muslim, terrorist-supporting, anti-American thug would make a great spokesman for the RATS.
I pray that Mr. Ellison becomes Dem chair!
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