Politics & Government

WATCH: Keith Ellison Plays the Blues

The 5th District congressman broke out a guitar during an interview on student loan interest rates.

The interview with Rep. Keith Ellison was ostensibly about the importance of keeping interest rates low and Stafford Loans. But that’s not what most people will remember.

During the BuzzFeed interview, the 5th District congressman made what his staff called his “guitar debut.” 

“It’s a low-down, low-down dirty shame,” he sang. “I feel so low I don’t even know my name.”

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Watch his performance and interview in the two videos above.



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