Farrakhan made news last week when he publicly defended the actions of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, speaking from the same Nation of Islam headquarters in Chicago that Gadhafi helped finance 40 years ago. Gadhafi and Farrakhan have been allies for decades and Ellison has been a follower/supporter of Farrakhan since his youth. You may also remember the ties of Barack Obama to the Nation of Islam in the 1990′s.

The Nation of Islam and the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have suffered setbacks in their credibility department over the last few years. For instance, in 2009, the FBI announced it would cut all ties with CAIR after new evidence proved they were operating as a front group for terrorist organizations working in the United States. They also had funneled millions from groups in the U.S. to Hamas.

Campaign finance records from the FEC confirm that over the years, including the last election cycle, multiple leaders in CAIR’s organization structure have made thousands in contributions to Rep. Ellison. One such person is Chicago CAIR chapter Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab. Another is a professor from Florida (and CAIR supporter), Parvez Ahmed. Both of these entries on the FEC reports appear below. There are many others easily found throughout Ellison’s campaign reports.

2009-2010 Individual Donors to Ellison

 
Minnesota Democrats Exposed covered Ellison’s ties to the Nation of Islam closely during his first campaign for Congress in 2006, including photographic evidence (re-posted below) of Ellison’s involvement supporting Farrakhan in the 1990′s. The 2006 story also includes a copy of an editorial Ellison once authored, in which he calls Farrakhan a “role model”. Ellison spent much of the 2006 campaign trying to shake the idea of these questionable ties.

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§ 441h. Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority 

(a) In general

No person who is a candidate for Federal office or an employee or agent of such a candidate shall—

(1) fraudulently misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his control as speaking or writing or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any other candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof on a matter which is damaging to such other candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof; or

(2) willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate paragraph (1).

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Based on published media reports, Keith Ellison has roughly $50,000 in the bank. 

Alan Fine is a great candidate – the best GOP candidate since Walter H. Judd.  Ellison's poor numbers are further evidence of his radioactive candidacy.

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