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Ellison deputy, though, so not a total loss for the anti-Semite, Muslim Brotherhood fan wing of the Democratic Party.

 

Ellison was asked about whether he was anti-Semitic last night on CNN.

 

The people in positions of power in the Republican Party are brilliant examples of tolerance.

 

Won't come up on my phone. Did he say he was? The suspense is killing me.

 

Thank G_d Steve Bannon is around to keep the anti-Semites at bay.

 

So you're OK with Ellison?

 

At a time when all the Dems had to do was be normal, they take a hard left turn by propping up a guy like Ellison.

 

No. You ok with Trump and his gaggle of racists?

 

Show me 200 elected officials who publicly supported Steve Bannon. Hell, show me 2.

 

I've said on here before the most troubling thing about Trump's presidency was giving Bannon such a high-profile role. Sounds to me like you're just rooting for anti-Semitic laundry.

 

If you're not OK with him, then why not just say that? Why do you have to add the partisan qualifier? Are you not confident in just saying you don't support an anti-Semite and leaving it at that?

 

Here's the one article I could find on the topic that didn't come from a rabidly partisan (left or right) source.

Keith Ellison would be a bold pick for DNC chair — and a controversial one

You can believe him or not, but here are the parameters of what you are arguing over. Doesn't exactly sound like Jessie Jackson's "Hymietown" to me.