Yup, how dare the Republicans make him join the Nation of Islam! And then catch him lying! For shame, Republicans!
Via Free Beacon:
Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) on Sunday wrote an op-ed dismissing concerns about his previous praise for Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan, who has repeatedly used disparaging language to condemn white people and Jewish people.
Several House Democrats have come under fire in recent weeks for their association with Farrakhan, including Ellison, who recently earned a “Four Pinocchios” rating from the Washington Post fact checker concerning his interactions with the controversial Nation of Islam leader.
Ellison, the Democratic National Committee deputy chair, penned in his Medium op-ed that he worked with the Nation of Islam in 1995 to organize the Million Man March in Minnesota, but that he soon distanced himself from Farrakhan because his “disparaging views on Jewish people, women and the LGBT community,” became clearer to him. He then downplayed a report about a private event that he attended in 2013 with Farrakhan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.