Posted on 11/22/2016 11:03:13 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the favorite to take over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, campaigned in 2009 for a Libya-born activist who once called on Palestinians to embrace “the jihad way” in order to get free of Israeli control.
The activist, Esam Omeish, a former candidate for Virginia state delegate, has also praised one of the founders of Hamas and commended the work of Palestinian suicide bombers.
Omeish’s positions had been publicized when Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to Congress, headlined the July 2009 fundraiser for Omeish, who served as president from 2004 to 2008 of the Muslim American Society, a Muslim Brotherhood-linked group.
“The very fact that you have ran a honorable campaign in this heated primary shows victory. Don’t stop working, lay it all on the line,” Ellison said at the event, according to Omeish’s campaign website.
Photos from the event show Ellison chatting with Omeish and other activists, such as Nihad Awad, the founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Progressive liberals, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have pushed for Ellison to be named as head of the DNC. But Ellison’s critics have pointed to his links to extremist organizations such as the Nation of Islam — he first ran for office in 1998 under the name Keith Ellison-Muhammad — and his comments regarding Israel as cause for concern.
The Washington Free Beacon reported further on Monday that Ellison, who entered Congress in 2007, also took a trip to Mecca, the Islamic holy site, in late-2008. The junket, which cost $13,500 and sparked a House Ethics investigation, was paid for by the Muslim American Society (MAS). (RELATED: Keith Ellison Failed To Dislose Trip To Mecca Financed By Group Tied To Muslim Brotherhood)
It is unclear if Omeish was in charge of MAS when Ellison took the trip.
A year before, Omeish was forced by then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to resign his position on a state immigration commission after video footage from 2000 surfaced showing him condemning Israel and endorsing “the jihad way.” (RELATED: Democrat Has Ties To Muslim Activist Who Condemned Israel)
“We the Muslims of the Washington metropolitan area are here today…to tell our brothers and sisters in [Palestine] that you have learned the way, that you have known that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land,” Omeish told the crowd, which included protesters holding signs equating the Star of David to a Nazi swastika.
“Dr. Omeish is a respected physician and community leader, yet I have been made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me,” Kaine said in 2007, after announcing that Omeish would be replaced at the Virginia immigration commission because of the video.
Omeish, who ended up losing the Virginia delegate contest, spouted fiery, anti-Israel rhetoric again at a rally held in Oct. 2000 in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. There, he praised an intifada the Palestinians were waging against Israel.
“We need to congratulate our brothers and sisters in Philistine [Palestine] for their bravery, for their giving up their lives for the sake of Allah and for the sake of Al-Aqsa.”
Omeish was referring either to the Al-Aqsa intifada, a deadly campaign in which Palestinian suicide bombers carried out attacks against Israelis, or the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, a terrorist group that formed in the West Bank in 2000.
In 2004, after he took over at MAS, Omeish praised Ahmed Yassin, one of the founders of Hamas, the terrorist group.
“Bullets and bombs are going off upon our brothers in Philistine [Palestine] and we are sitting here and saying [Arabic phrase], instead of feeling that this is our tax money and it is our dollars that killed our beloved Sheikh Ahmed Yassin,” Omeish said during a speech in Overland Park, Kan.
Israeli forces killed Yassin in a targeted airstrike in March 2004.
Ellison’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump should call out the dems and ask them to condemn this guy, just like he did with the kooky nazis
Back in the 1960’s, the FBI would investigate the ties to foreign-aligned terror supporters and politicians.......
There's no Obama or Clinton to hold these factions together. I think there's a very good chance that the Democrats will splinter into smaller parties.
What a wonderful idea! Put a Muslim in charge of the Communist/Socialist/Demonrat party. That should really draw the white, working Middle Class, Christian voters, which just rejected identity politics, and racist/personal insults.
Is there some kind of brain-dead virus that affects the entire party? They probably couldn’t drive off more voters without publishing San Fran Nan nude photos. They proven liar, cheats and thieves, so I guess there’s not much territory for them to explore to facilitate the destruction of the country they infest.
Three words. DO IT, PLEASE!
Keith Ellison, in another time in our nation’s history, would have been called damaged goods, and largely excluded from participation in legislative affairs. Al Capone never got his representative placed in Congress (although he probably got more than a few on the Chicago City Council).
Democrats no longer have any sense of shame, as the practice of shaming has pretty much been abandoned by their rivals for power.
Don’t underestimate the left just because Trump beat Hillary. They did manage to get a Barack Hussein Obama in the WH for 8 years and could do it again with another leftist in 2020
I think there is more to it. Clinton and Obama damaged the Demonrat brand badly. W wasn’t much better, but at least he was a slowdown on the slippery slope. With the specter of HiLIARy, the klaxon sounded. The blatant, in-your-face corruption, coupled with the complete disregard for American Citizens, and the arrogant, entitled attitude, along with a doubling of the National Debt, was a wake up call that no longer could be ignored. Obama’s racist encouraging of the Black Lies Matter thugs finally hit enough normal people that the racism was obvious, and was against normal white working people that had been severely disenfranchised over the Obama years.
There comes a point where even the most successful of endeavors can shoot themselves in the foot, when they become convinced that they are invincible. That is where HiLIARy was, and with the massive vote fraud, she was sure she was to be the anointed. She never considered the incredible, silent Trump vote, mostly due to her and the media’s belittling of those that saw her as a continuation of “Corruption As Usual”. If you take away the Soros/Clinton vote fraud, I would be surprised if she got 33% of the vote. The cheating was simply not enough.
With the imminent coronation of a Muslim in charge of the DNC, I believe the pushback will become even more evident. The Demonrats have not been able to disarm the citizenry. In fact, they have created a massive arming of the “Deplorables”, which has now become a label of pride, rather than a insult. Average Americans are now the largest, best-armed, informal Army that has ever been seen on this planet. The Internet has become the common man’s communication network, although that is in jeopardy, but I believe will be restored as the centerpiece of Freedom and Information.
I believe that somehow, whatever you believe in, there has been an intervention. It is up to us to make it work.
Please, please, please Dems elect Ellison head of DNC.
The DNC looks determined to double down on being out of touch and arrogantly elitist, apparently having learned nothing from this election.
Trump should totally let the Democrats self-destruct. It would be great to have an anti-Israel, pro-Palestine head of the DNC! Normal working Democrat families who love the United States are not going to relate to his party!
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