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Keith Ellison Poses With Antifa Handbook

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What would the MSM(D) be doing right now if Ronna McDaniel was caught with a book about white nationalists? Do you think there would be the silence we're hearing now about this?

The 2nd in command of the DNC is running around with a book about a terrorists group, and then issues a veiled threat of violence against the POTUS! How is this okay? Where are the calls for this guys resignation????

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Keith Ellison Poses With Antifa Handbook
Amber Athey
4:47 PM 01/03/2018

Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Keith Ellison endorsed Antifa on Wednesday, tweeting a picture of himself smiling with an Antifa handbook.

Ellison posted a picture with “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” and asserted that the book would “strike fear in the heart” of President Donald Trump.
Antifa is a far-left group that uses violence to achieve progressive political ends, including starting riots and fires at the University of California, Berkeley. While the group claims to be anti-Fascist, they routinely shut down the speech of people they disagree with. Antifa clashed with far-right protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year.

The book, written by Dartmouth professor Mark Bray, argues that “militant anti-fascism is a reasonable, historically informed response to the fascist threat that persisted after 1945 and that has become especially menacing in recent years.”

According to Bray, it is acceptable to use violence against “fascism” because what he considers to be fascist ideas — like those shared by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopolous — aren’t worthy of debate.

Bray also states that anti-fascists must be prepared to “physically confront the far right when necessary.”

During an MSNBC interview in August, Bray even argued that Antifa needs to preemptively strike against white nationalists because “fascism cannot be defended by speech.” (RELATED: Dartmouth Professor Defends Antifa Violence)

Ellison’s decision to share a photo with the book is interesting considering House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi condemned the “violent actions” of Antifa protesters.

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That's the same party that created it's own terrorist group to attack rivals so it's part for the course with them.
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Dems want to take this country down.
Nothing new.
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RiverguyVT wrote:Dems want to take this country down.
Nothing new.
Yup. They want full blown socialism.....and the trend with young leftists now is how great communism is.......
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HokieHam wrote:
RiverguyVT wrote:Dems want to take this country down.
Nothing new.
Yup. They want full blown socialism.....and the trend with young leftists now is how great communism is.......
The whole Bernie spectacle should frighten thinking people.
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Admiring fascists seems to be right in line with this guy's character.

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Keith Ellison Has A History Of Support For Radicals
Peter Hasson
9:09 AM 01/04/2018

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee, sparked controversy on Wednesday by tweeting an apparent endorsement of violent left-wing group Antifa.

Ellison’s endorsement of the group, which the Department of Homeland Security says is responsible for “domestic terrorist violence,” is just the latest instance of Ellison publicly attaching himself to radical figures and ideologies.

Ellison once defended famed anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, against charges of anti-Semitism. In an op-ed for the Washington Post last year, Ellison said he should have more closely scrutinized Farrakhan, who once said Hitler was a “very great man,” but blamed a “right-wing smear campaign” for any questions raised about his ties to anti-Semitic figures.

Ellison has his own history of radical positions, including advocating for black nationalism. During college, he wrote columns arguing for the creation of a blacks-only ethnostate and called the U.S. Constitution the “best evidence of a white racist conspiracy to subjugate other peoples.” Similarly, while speaking at a protest following in 1992, Ellison declared that black people don’t live in a democracy and don’t have an “obligation” to obey government.

While speaking to an atheist group in 2007, Ellison compared the Sept. 11 attacks to the Reichstag fire. He stopped just short of accusing then-President George W. Bush of having a hand in the attacks. “It’s almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that,” Ellison said of the terrorist attacks. “After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted.”

Ellison went on to say he wouldn’t suggest the U.S. had a hand in the attacks because “you know, that’s how they put you in the nut-ball box — dismiss you,” before later walking back the comments.

In 2009, the Democratic congressman headlined a fundraiser for a controversial Libyan-born activist running for the Virginia Assembly. The activist, Esam Omeish, was known to have praised one of the founders of Hamas and to have called on Palestinians to embrace “the jihad way” in its battle against Israel. Ellison campaigned with him anyway.

That same year, Ellison was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation after he failed to disclose that an American Muslim organization with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood had paid $13,500 for him to take a pilgrimage to Mecca in 2008.

Ellison, like the black nationalists he has since distanced himself from, has a history of spewing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. During a 2010 speech to a mostly Muslim audience, Ellison claimed that America’s foreign policy puts Israel’s interests first because American Jews have been “mobilized” to “do its bidding in America.”

Ellison’s ties to Farrkhan and his own anti-Semitic statements were a source of internal division within the Democratic Party during last year’s race for DNC chair. Democratic megadonor Haim Saban threatened to leave the party if Ellison was elected chair, saying the congressman is “clearly an anti-Semite.” The Anti-Defamation League, a top Jewish civil rights organization, similarly called on the DNC to disqualify Ellison for his anti-Semitic statements. Party leaders refused to disqualify Ellison, and Tom Perez’s first act as DNC chair was to name Ellison his number two.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/04/the-r ... ns-closet/
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