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HOW LONG WAS ELLISON IN THE NATION OF ISLAM?
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 5, 2006
"[Keith] Ellison said that when he had ties to the Nation of Islam for about 18 months in the mid-1990s…" Source: Star Tribune, June 3, 2006
But Ellison was writing columns defending Farrakhan as far back as November of 1989. Ellison was also listed as a member of the Nation of Islam and a supporter of Farrakhan up until 1998.
"And before Muhammad spoke, Keith Ellison, a Minneapolis attorney and a member of the Nation of Islam, exhorted them to reach into their pockets to help defray costs of the march." Source: Star Tribune, September 14, 1995
"[Keith] Ellison, a newcomer to DFL politics, is well-known in the black community as the former head of the Legal Rights Center and a supporter of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam." Source: Star Tribune, April 5, 1998
"Ellison has been active in the community, but not within the established DFL party. A member of the Nation of Islam, Ellison was the coordinator of the Minnesota participants in the Million Man March and the subsequent community group that formed." Source: Pioneer Press, June 21, 1998
Ellison's claim of being in the Nation of Islam for "about 18 months" doesn't match up with the public record.
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June 6th, 2006 at 7:32 PM
The Nation of Islam does nothing but spread hatred, and the DFL endorsed this guy. What does that say about the DFL? I mean- it wouldn’t be the first Democratic racist on Capitol Hill, but I never thought I’d see it come out of Minnesota.
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 AM
[...] Rep. Keith Ellison may be a man of dubious character and a contemptible past but his choice of a Koran that may ameliorate angst about his holy book of choice shows a deftness that will serve him well in what will no doubt be a swift rise through Democratic congressional leadership ranks. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he’d take his oath of office on the Koran — especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values. [...]