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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Keith Ellison: Perfect for the DNC

Dec 5, 2016 8:26 am By Robert Spencer

His Muslim Brotherhood ties and venomous anti-Israel stance make him the living embodiment of today’s Democratic Party. My latest in FrontPage:

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Throughout the Obama administration, the American Left has grown increasingly hostile to Israel and unwilling to acknowledge the reality of the jihad threat; now these tendencies could become the central focus of the Democratic Party, if Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) becomes Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). That became even clearer than it already was last week with new revelations of just how anti-Israel and tied to the Muslim Brotherhood Ellison really is.

The Investigative Project has released audio of Ellison speaking at a fundraiser for his 2010 Congressional reelection campaign, saying that a vote for him was a vote against Israel’s supposed control of U.S. foreign policy. “The message I want to send to you by donating to this campaign,” he declared, “is positioning me and positioning Muslims in general to help steer the ship of state in America….The United States foreign policy in the Middle East is governed by what is good or bad through a country of seven million people. A region of 350 million all turns on a country of seven million. Does that make sense? Is that logic? Right?”

Ellison also boasted that “there is a growing awareness in the US Congress and in the executive branch that everything anyone does, including Israel, is not fine. And there are real questions being asked.” He revealed that in meetings with his Jewish constituents, he challenged them to stand with Barack Obama against Israel: “Do you stand with the President on stopping settlements in east Jerusalem, because that is the policy of my president and I want to know if you’re with the President. Are you with the President?”

Ellison proposed that U.S. aid to Israel be tied to the Israeli building projects in East Jerusalem: “Why are we sending $2.8 billion a year over there when they won’t even honor our request to stop building in East Jerusalem? Where is the future Palestinian state going to be if it’s colonized before it even gets up off the ground?”

He offered an alternative aiding Israel: “We should be building the bilateral business relationships between the United States and the Muslim world….Morocco, we gotta build it up. Saudi Arabia, we gotta build it up. The Gulf countries, we gotta build them. Pakistan, we gotta build them.” (Saudi Arabia?) This would be done so that ultimately  Muslims in the U.S. would be able to make demands upon the government: “We need to have so much goods and services going back and forth between this country and the Muslim world that if we say we need this right here, then everyone is saying, OK. Understand my point? You’ve got to be strategic….These business relationships can be leveraged to say that we need a new deal politically.”

Hosting the event at his Virginia home was Esam Omeish, a former leader of the Muslim American Society (MAS). (Ellison has ties to MAS also: in 2008, he accepted $13,350 from MAS to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Muslim American Society is a Muslim Brotherhood organization: “In recent years, the U.S. Brotherhood operated under the name Muslim American Society, according to documents and interviews. One of the nation’s major Islamic groups, it was incorporated in Illinois in 1993 after a contentious debate among Brotherhood members.” That’s from the Chicago Tribune in 2004, in an article that is now carried on the Muslim Brotherhood’s English-language website, Ikhwanweb.)

In 2007, Omeish was forced to resign from a Virginia immigration panel after a video surfaced showing him praising Palestinians who chose “the jihad way” against Israel. Also attending was the cofounder and executive director of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, who declared “I am in support of the Hamas movement,” during a March 1994 symposium at Barry University.

In his speech, Ellison praised CAIR and Omeish: “The civil rights organizations that we had, had to do a lot of tough fighting but they are still standing. CAIR has not fallen, but they are fighting, they are struggling every day.” And of Omeish he said: “I just want to again thank Dr. Omeish, and let brother Esam know that he is my beloved brother and I love you and you are the best and your family is so beautiful and again, you know, you put it out there. You ran. And I hope you run again.”

None of this should come as any surprise, given the abundant evidence of Ellison’s links to anti-Semitic groups. Ellison has spoken at a convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Yet ISNA has actually admitted its ties to Hamas, which styles itself the Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Justice Department actually classified ISNA among entities “who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood.”

Also, CAIR raised large amounts of for Ellison’s first campaign, and he has spoken at numerous CAIR events. Yet CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups.

Hamas has declared: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah.” Ellison has spoken before several groups that have ties to Hamas, and has accepted money from a Muslim Brotherhood group; Hamas styles itself the Muslim Brotherhood for Palestine. Does Keith Ellison also, then, think that “killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah”? No establishment media “journalist” would ever dream of asking him that question, but it’s a fair one: Hamas repeatedly demonstrates genuine and murderous anti-Semitism, and Ellison has repeatedly shown himself willing and even eager to associate himself with Hamas-linked groups.

All this has finally caused some on the Left to draw back from Ellison. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which had previously warmly endorsed Ellison for DNC Chair, withdrew his support. Howard Dean refused to back him. Consequently, the Washington Post mused Sunday that “Ellison is in for a far rockier road than he probably imagined when he entered the race just a few weeks ago. And even if he does ascend to the DNC chairmanship, a decent-size chunk of Democratic voters and donors will probably be none too happy about it.”

Maybe, but given the tenor of the Obama administration for eight years, they’re likely to get over it quickly.

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  1. Moses says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 8:35 am

    That’s a Muslim brotherhood agent who hates American values and freedoms.

    • PRCS says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 8:48 am

      And keeps getting elected by those who believe as he does.

      • A Harris USA says

        Dec 6, 2016 at 2:38 pm

        Lots of refugees who are not citizens are voting, and I am telling you, this is part of the Dems, and their EU version of what they want for the US!!! THAT is why Trump was elected. Let them hang themselves with this rope, Ellis. Serves them right. The lib idiots are only out to take this country down…

    • eagle says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 7:35 pm

      Ellison should not be anywhere near or in the US government. Ellison is a closet enemy of America. Ellison will do anything to secure a muslim presence in the American Government to further the muslim agenda. Ellison wants control of the Democrat party and move the muslim control and influence up in government for more muslim control and power to eventually destroy America as Obama began.

      • Missy Blue (@Missyblueblue) says

        Dec 6, 2016 at 11:48 pm

        Ellison has stocked his district (cedar/riverside/mpls) with muslims…somalis to be exact….He will be re=elected over and over and over as he continues to ‘take over’ that area with his somali immigrants.

        • eagle says

          Dec 7, 2016 at 1:09 pm

          Missy Blue (@Missyblueblue, thank you for that information. These Muslims are here to do the American people devastation. We need to get legislation that will define the Muslim culture the enemy of the American people. The American people need to limit their move to power to take over the country. Hopefully, Trump will get the American educated on this disgusting Muslim ideology and remove them from any position in government.

      • carol says

        Dec 10, 2016 at 11:57 pm

        Unbelievable! Could it really be true that Americans have taken Muslim Brotherhood infiltration as something positive and acceptable? And CAIR has done sooo much for freedom of speech etc. with its steady flow of lawsuits! In 2002 Ellison called Barbara Bachman’s questioning as to how Huma Abedin got security clearance as “reprehensible” and he backed Obama’s wars in Libya and Syria and I guess you know the rest.

        In an interview with Sean Hannity (taken shortly after the election so he seems “testy”) he shows a very stubborn, belligerent nature. Main hostilities begin at about 3:00.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf0QULoZ1zk
        In this next 2011 video he tries to educate Bill Maher re Islam. He really doesn’t seem to be well-informed (and likely hasn’t improved).

        • carol says

          Dec 11, 2016 at 12:36 am

          Ellison with Bill Maher 2011:

  2. August West says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 8:55 am

    Let him win the position then pass legislation that declares the muslim brotherhood and affiliates to be illegal terrorist organizations.

    The DNC can explain why all Ellison’s buddies at CAIR etc suddenly left the country and left them holding the bag.

  3. Angemon says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 9:00 am

    The Democrat Party’s identity politics were soundly defeated. What does the Democratic party do? More identity politics. Maybe they should try to cover all their bases and come up with a fat, black, disabled, transgendered, female muslim atheist for a leader.

    • Mirren10 says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 11:20 am

      ” Maybe they should try to cover all their bases and come up with a fat, black, disabled, transgendered, female muslim atheist for a leader.”

      🙂

      She should be a dwarf, as well !

      • revereridesagain says

        Dec 5, 2016 at 11:49 am

        I doubt you’ll find a “Muslim atheist”. S/he/whatever would be an apostate and subject to murder in the name of religious faith. We atheists reject that, in case you are not aware. How about a Muslim UU Church member, those “white privilege” scolders would take anyone into the fold.

      • Shmooviyet says

        Dec 5, 2016 at 12:28 pm

        Fluent speaking of Somali & Arabic as well, obviously.

      • Angemon says

        Dec 5, 2016 at 8:35 pm

        🙂

  4. Eric Jones says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 9:37 am

    The ever delusional democratic party is intent on commitiing suicide. First reelecting ‘lets vote for it to see what it’s in it ” Polosi for House democratic leadership. Now Ellison. He took his oath of office on the Koran. He has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Enough said. The democrats make the assumtion that because Ellison is Black that he will be acceptable to Black Americans. Not. Most Black Americans are Christians who don’t know much about Sharia; and would not find it desireable. The american people voted for Trump because of pockbook issues. I live in a city with a large immigrant population. My experience with immigrants is that a fair number are politcally and socially conservatine. They don’t want to hear about any Koran. Again the democtats have it wrong. The democtras where wrong when they supported th Confederacy and the democrats are wrong now.

    Eric

    • maghan says

      Dec 6, 2016 at 5:30 am

      And what getting Muslim support. A puzzle though: Ellison’s seems coy about not going by his Arab/Muslim name. What is he afraid of? –after swearing in on the Qur’an.

      Ellison converted to Islam because–as he claims–it is a vehicle for social change and justice. This is a totally ignorant statement. Ellison is a lawyer? How so?

      Islam is the most conservative and regressive religion/ideology existing today. Islam is 100% conservative because the Qur’an, being the actual words of Allah, just cannot be changed or evolve.

      Social justice? How so? Islam is totally unjust since it supports slavery–a fact that Ellison should be sensitive above. Did this man really pass a Bar Exam? Which one?

      • skep says

        Dec 6, 2016 at 10:11 am

        Ellison seems like a screwed up A-hole.

        • eagle says

          Dec 7, 2016 at 1:18 pm

          Ellison swearing on the Koran simply means he has no allegiance to the United States. The American people are letting an enemy of the American people to sit in government and advance the Muslim agenda started 1400 years ago against all non-believers. The American need to wise up and get these enemy of the American people at least out of this government before they destroy America and the constitution.

  5. MRR says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 9:47 am

    ISNA AND CAIR ARE THE MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD RIGHT TO THEIR FOUNDING CHARTER AS IS HAMAS AL’QAEDA AND ISIS QATAR TURKEY PAKISTAN AND THE SAUDI ARABIAN POLITICALLY BIPOLAR ROYALS.

  6. Dave says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Shummer, Warren and all the rest, unlike the imagined links you project on Trump, this connection to Ellison if cemented will stain you and all like minded progressives. A Bumbling ideologue like Ellison would a a perfect foil for Trump; please go for it.

  7. John A. Marre says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 10:20 am

    Follow this man carefully. He is the incarnation of the Democrats’ dream man: someone who hates this country, someone who loves its enemies, someone who would eliminate its Judeo-Christian underpinnings, someone who would happily see its form of government replaced by a totalitarian theocracy.
    The Democrat party is going to promote this man and put him in a prominent position.

    • Mirren10 says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 11:23 am

      Yes, but come on, he’s a really sensitive chap. I mean, he did bawl his eyes out over the couple of **muslims** who died in 9/11 !

      • linnte says

        Dec 5, 2016 at 11:28 am

        You’re on a “funny” roll today, Mirren! Hahahahahah!

  8. linnte says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 10:32 am

    Huge smile! Let him win the DNC position, THEN have CAIR and ISNA and MB banned as terrorist organizations. THEN he won’t be in Congress any more, losing his position as someone else will have taken his place. Then he’ll be out of Government for a while at least!

  9. Ron Mitchinson says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Hmmmm? ALL I CAN SAY IS BY NOT ELECTING HILLARY, AMERICANS HAVE DODGED THE BULLET FOR NOW/ WITH SOME GOOD LEADERSHIP AND A LOT OF “DRAINING THE SWAMP”, THESE CRETINS WILL BE WEEDED OUT AND SENT PACKING BACK TO THE COUNTRIES THEY SO LOVE. DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THIS BS AND IT IS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD AMERICA HAS BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE. DON’T WASTE IT. GOOD READ AND DON’T EXPECT TO HEAR A PEEP OUT OF THE MSM. JUST WON’T HAPPEN.

  10. Atheist Kaffur says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    The DNC must be clear and transparent. I think his nomination for the DNC top job will make everything clear and transparent.

  11. Jeff says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    The Democratic Party continues to destroy itself. Lovin’ it.

  12. No Fear says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    “The United States foreign policy in the Middle East is governed by what is good or bad through a country of seven million people.”

    So the solution to this is: let the foreign policy of the US be governed by a 7th century schizophrenic Arab warlord?

    • Allan says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 5:15 pm

      Keith is still struggling to understand the concept of the false dichotomy.

  13. Glenn Wilson says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 5:22 pm

    Ellison, this is a sick joke, brought to you by the DNC.

  14. Allan says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    Good news!

    Jewish United Federation of Teachers Head Defends Keith Ellison
    http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/356149/jewish-united-federation-of-teachers-head-defends-keith-ellison/?attribution=home-breaking-news-img-2

    “On Saturday, Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers praised Ellison as “an agent of change” and called claims that he held anti-Semitic views “maddening.””

    • maghan says

      Dec 6, 2016 at 5:46 am

      Anyone who knowingly adheres to the Qur’an and calls himself/herself a Muslim is necessarily anti-Semitic, Why? Because the Qur’an is replete with anti-Semitic references–all supposedly representing the direct words of Allah.

      Similarly, anyone who adheres to the ideas in Hitler’s Mein Kampf must be, eo ipso, an anti-Semite.

      Keith Ellison is necessarily anti-Semitic. QED.

  15. Scott says

    Dec 5, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Mr. Ellison
    The 350 million turned on israel because they are the last one of the other religions left.
    Your people wiped out all others and the jews are the only ones that can fight back.

    • PRCS says

      Dec 5, 2016 at 8:31 pm

      Can, and do.

    • maghan says

      Dec 6, 2016 at 5:35 am

      Ellison is not an Arab from Arabia. Just a mental black slave of conman Muhammad.

  16. Pigs be Upon Him says

    Dec 6, 2016 at 10:06 am

    build up Pakistan? now that’s benchmark for stupidity even for a mooselimb

  17. Ron says

    Dec 6, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    There is so much here which makes absolutely no sense that it boggles the mind.
    Islam is the antithesis of everything American and unconstitutional in its precepts.
    It is a faith from another planet with very few redeeming values, a force for evil in the world. You only have to read the Koran to realize it is the enemy of civilization itself, unspeakably evil, authored by a very troubled human being who thought himself a prophet.
    If there was any doubt about why Americans rejected the loonie Left and their Utopian dreams of an America none of us would recognize, it no longer exists.

  18. blitz2b says

    Dec 6, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    What I fail to understand is where, when and why did the black community ever change sides?
    In the past the democrats were the ones in favor of black slavery, whereas the very champion who fought to abolish this curse was none other than Abraham Lincoln…. A republican.
    Likewise Mohammed the founder of Islam was a brutal slave merchant who even mocked black people, calling them “raisin head”, so how do black Americans justify leaving their vibrant black churches to embrace this backward seventh century death cult whose scriptures and traditions still endorse slavery?

  19. TJ says

    Dec 6, 2016 at 1:31 pm

    The only Arabs that belong in the Holy Land are those who are capable of believing something positive about Jews. What they should believe is the biblical prophecies Christians are using to prove Jesus is the Messiah are not valid unless there are many Jews in Israel, since these same prophets say they must be there. This gives Jews a positive role. Any Arab that prefers the exaggerations against Jews in the koran, which in truth give Jews the right to reject this book, should be expelled from this territory.

  20. John C. Barile says

    Dec 6, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    All I can say is, if the Democratic party wants so much to self-destruct, veering sharply to the extreme left, Godspeed!

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