US lawmaker lauds Pakistans determined steps to wipe out extremism
Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, has lauded Pakistan governments determined measures, especially the Zarb-e-Azb military operation, to stamp out extremism from the country, when Pakistani Consul General Faisal Niaz Tirmizi met him. The meeting took place in Minneapolis., the largest city in the State of […]
Rep. Ellison: Obama ‘One Of The Best Presidents Our Country Will Have Ever Seen’
Somebody had to say it. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), appearing on This Week, forcefully rejected the former New York City mayor’s claim that President Barack Obama does not love America. Host George Stephanopoulos told him it seems like there is a “double standard” that Republicans get asked more about their “outliers” than Democrats do – […]
Keith Ellison, Muslim lawmaker, says N.C. murders are anti-Islam hate crime
The first Muslim elected to Congress told a White House conference on violent extremism Wednesday that prosecuting the murders of three young Muslims in North Carolina as a hate crime would help to counter terrorists’ recruiting efforts in America. Rep. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Democrat, dismissed comments by police in Chapel Hill that the three victims […]
Rep. Ellison: ‘Why Should You Have To Register To vote?”
Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison says it should be automatic. Speaking earlier this month at the U.S. Vote Foundation’s Voting and Elections Summit in Washington, D.C., the Democratic lawmaker asserted that there must be a bipartisan effort to “make voting easier.” Pointing to unnamed other countries with laxer restrictions, Ellison asked, “Why should voting be so […]