Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is denying allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend, just days before he runs in Minnesota’s primary for attorney general, ABC News reported Monday. Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison’s former girlfriend Karen Monahan, shared a post on his Facebook page detailing physical abuse by the congressman during the relationship. Monahan wrote…
Updated, July 18 In a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat from Minnesota, shared his concerns about the amount of money the company has made from selling white-supremacist propaganda. “There appear to be a disturbing number of groups with hateful, racist, and violent agendas making money using Amazon’s platform,” he…
(JTA) — A Somali-American candidate for Congress in Minnesota has rejected accusations that a 2012 tweet accusing Israel of “evil doings” amounts to anti-Semitism. Ilhan Omar, now a state representative, responded to recent criticism of the tweet by calling the Jewish state “the apartheid Israeli regime.” Omar, who is among several Muslim women in the U.S….
An interview between CNN’s Jake Tapper and Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Trump’s travel ban grew test after Tapper confronted the congressman over his past support for the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. “You’ve been decrying President Trump’s bigotry,” Tapper began. “Obviously you used to follow…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic Party, said he has never had a relationship with Louis Farrakhan, the virulently anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam. He accused critics who are pressing him to explain his relationship to Farrakhan of trying to divide Jews and blacks, but also only…
This story was originally published on Medium and was reprinted with permission. I ran for Congress more than a decade ago because I imagined a more inclusive, tolerant, and welcoming America and I’ve used my seat in Congress to try to make that vision a reality. I’ve voted to strengthen hate crime laws. I’ve introduced…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, the second in charge at the Democratic Party, pushed back against criticism for his attendance at a 2013 dinner hosted by the Iranian government, saying he was advocating for the Iran nuclear deal and for the freedom of a captive American. “As part of the 2013 U.N. General Assembly,…
The deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, was among three Democratic congressmen who attended a private dinner in 2013 with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader who has long been accused of anti-Semitism and whom Ellison had previously denounced, was also in attendance. Ellison,…
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