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Steve Kornacki: ‘A lot of the speculation now’ says sequestration cuts will stand
Chair of the House Progressive Caucus Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and guest host Steve Kornacki discussed sequestration, John Boehner’s House speakership, and what exactly drives the lack of compromise on Capitol Hill on UP with Chris Hayes Dec. 30. Kornacki said there were “conflicting reports” regarding whether sequestration would be…
Rep. Ellison calls his Republican challenger ‘a gutter dweller’ in heated debate
The debate between Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and his Republican opponent Chris Fields suffered from an extreme lack of civility on Thursday. About half-way through the heated debate, which was hosted by radio station KFAI, Fields accused Ellison of publicizing a restraining order his ex-wife filed against him in 2006.…
Tea party Democrat to run anti-abortion ads against Rep. Ellison
A Democratic primary candidate for Congress and tea party activist is airing graphic anti-abortion ads against a fellow Democrat in Minnesota, according to KARE 11. Gary Boisclair is running against incumbent Rep. Keith Ellison (D) in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. Boisclair has purchased air time to show three graphic ads…
Bachmann: Rep. Ellison has ‘long record’ with Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday responded to criticism over her attacks on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, by claiming that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) also had a “long record” of association with radical Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood. Last week, the St. Cloud…
Rep. Ellison blasts Bachmann for ‘regurgitated nonsense’ about Muslim infiltration
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) on Tuesday night said he was not convinced by a sixteen page report he received from his colleague Michele Bachmann about the Muslim Brotherhood. “It’s sixteen pages worth of nothing,” he said on CNN. “It is sixteen pages worth of repeated false allegations, just regurgitated nonsense.…
Rep. Keith Ellison urges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
In the wake of the Citizens United ruling that allowed for unlimited and undisclosed corporate political spending, many progressives called for a constitutional amendment to overturn it. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is one of them, and he’s not impressed by arguments that such an effort is too time-consuming or complicated.…
Rep. Ellison: Drone strikes make enemies for America
At the recent Netroots Nation conference in Rhode Island, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said that Congress should be very concerned with the use of drones. The Obama administration publicly acknowledged in May that it was using aerial drones to strike suspected terrorists in Yemen and Pakistan. The New York Times…
Rep. Keith Ellison: U.S. and NATO ‘don’t need’ a large military presence
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) explained his continued preference for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to reduce the size of its defense preference in an interview from the progressive news site The Uptake. “I do agree we’re spending too much on the military, but I believe…
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