Monday, April 29, 2013
The 5th District congressman argues that law enforcement efforts shouldn’t concentrate on the Muslim community.
Rep. Keith Ellison is pushing back against calls from Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to focus surveillance efforts on the Muslim community. King, who chairs the House subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, argued in the National Review that police have to build up sources in the community and increase surveillance there. The magazine quoted him as saying: We can’t be bound by political correctness. … I think we need more police and more surveillance in the communities where the threat is coming from, whether it’s the Irish community with the Westies [an Irish-American gang in New York City], or the Italian community with the mafia, or the Muslim community with the Islamic terrorists. On Meet The Press Sunday, Ellison countered that …
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Muslim congressman allowed a journalist to follow him for a day.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to serve in the U.S. House, was featured in CNN's "My Faith" 2011 Year in Review last week. In September, CNN journalist Chris Welch followed Ellison for a day, documenting how the representative practices his faith. Ellison said he doesn't see his faith as something that makes his job harder, but rather just an aspect of who he is: “Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall," Ellison told CNN. "Because at the end of the day we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is.” Ellison Praises Education Funding Also last week, Rep. Ellison congratulated the state for receiving substantial federal education funding, which included a "Race to the Top" grant. In a …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Gary Boisclair doesn't expect it to air until 45 days before the primary.
(Editor's note: The video can be viewed by clicking on the link below the photo of Gary Boisclair. WARNING: It contains graphic images.) (UPDATED: 4:32 p.m. Nov. 2) DFL challenger Gary Boisclair’s first ad against 5th District Rep. Keith Ellison shows graphic images of murdered non-Muslims and slams Ellison for swearing an oath on the Koran, which Boisclair argues promotes violence against Christians and Jews. The ad has not yet run on television, but Boisclair told Patch he plans to air it “once my coffers get filled.” Ellison was sworn in to the House during an official ceremony conducted with all new members—the en masse oath of office that takes place on the House floor, noted Jennifer Gore, an Ellison spokeswoman. Ellison used a copy …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) applauds lights and explains his conversion to Islam.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) applauded the Federal Transit Administration’s support for the Southwest Corridor light rail line linking Eden Prairie and Minneapolis. The agency’s approval gives the go-ahead to begin the preliminary engineering phase.Minneapolis Public Radio reported that the approval doesn’t come with federal money—but added that it’s important because theMetropolitan Council expects the federal government to pick up half of the project’s $1.25 billion dollar cost. In a press release, Ellison noted his long support for the Southwest line, including his help securing $534,000 for the project in 2009. “This is great news for Minnesotans and for the state’s economy,” Ellison said. “The Southwest Light Rail Transit line will not …
Mike B.
2:01 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
I would not object to be searched, and every patriotic American doesn't mind an extra search at the airport. It is only those "somebody is picking on me because of my skin color" types who whine and complain. Then they run off like scaredy cats to the ACLU and bellyache some more, with the utterly preposterous claim that they are being discriminated against. The heck with them. If they are on an … more ›