Oh Keith, why must you make it so easy?
Via Free Beacon:
Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) lamented influence peddling in congress, while soliciting funding for a taxpayer-funded union front group on Sunday.
Ellison sent out an email to his supporters highlighting his participation in a Capitol Hill protest to raise the minimum wage. While demanding that Congress stop accepting money from corporations, Ellison also asked his supporters to make donations to the Restaurant Opportunities Center, the union-backed nonprofit worker center that is sponsoring the rally.
“Tomorrow, I am going to stand with workers and their families and demand my colleagues in Congress take action to raise the minimum wage and give working people back the power,” he said in the email. “P.S.—If you can’t make it tomorrow, support ROC United’s work with a donation! Click here to make a donation.”
ROC was founded by hospitality union UNITE HERE following the September 11 terrorist attacks. While the group was originally designed to aid workers left unemployed by the destruction of the World Trade Center, it has emerged in recent years as an agent of agitation, staging protests outside eateries across the country, while advocating for higher wages.