If you’ve been following the uproar over Congressman Keith Ellison and his run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, you might recall hearing about a 36-second audio clip containing a snippet of an Ellison speech that, according to his critics, proves he’s anti-Israel and shouldn’t get the job. You may even have listened to…
It looks as though opposition is mounting, perhaps approaching a critical mass, against the bid by Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison to become chair of the Democratic National Committee. A small flood of messages and articles is circulating through the Jewish community and precincts of the Republican right, supposedly documenting his hostility to Israel and support…
A new tape in which Keith Ellison implies that Israel controls America’s policy toward the Middle East has cost the Minnesota congressman support of the Anti-Defamation League, but did not change the position of his top political supporter, Senator Chuck Schumer. In the recording, which only 35 seconds of which were published, the Minneapolis congressman,…
(JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., a leading contender for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, said that American foreign policy is “governed” by Israeli interests. The short audio recording from a 2010 private fundraiser was released this week by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, or IPT. “The United States foreign policy in the Middle East is governed…
Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota is a politician in a hurry. A decade ago he became the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. Now he’s running for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. That would make him the first Muslim to win a position in America’s national political leadership. Ellison, 53, says he’d prefer…
There is a good possibility the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is going to be my friend and Congressman, Keith Ellison. In the decade since he was first elected to Congress, Rep. Ellison and I have fostered a close relationship. I respect Rep. Ellison and strongly support many of his domestic policies…
For some Jews who support Donald Trump and are feeling under attack by other community members after the appointment of Stephen Bannon to a top Trump White House position, a new line of defense has emerged: The Democrats are just as bad. This argument has focused in recent days on Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the…
Bernie 2020? Why not. The Jewish Vermont senator, the progressive champion who lost the presidential primary race to Hillary Clinton, is one the first senior Democrats to bounce back after November 8 and plot a way forward for the embattled party. Sanders is pushing to clean house at the Democratic Party to correct what he…
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