Keith Ellison wants to be the head of the DNC. Congressman

Posted: Nov 17, 2016

Ellison formally announced his bid Monday, saying the party needs to rebuild its ties to voters... However, Ellison’s past associations and comments may trouble more moderate voters. Ellison’s 2006 run for his seat was plunged into controversy after the conservative PowerLineBlog.com found he had once identified with Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam and in 1998 was referring to himself as Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammed. The Washington Post reported that Ellison had defended Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism in 1989 and in 1990 had called affirmative action a "sneaky" form of compensation for slavery, calling instead for reparations. When the controversy erupted in 2006, Ellison acknowledged he had worked with the group.... but only for 18 months to help organize Farrakhan's 1995 Million Man March. He distanced himself from both Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and said he hadn’t scruitinized the group's anti-Semitic positions appropriately.;