CNN’s Tapper Confronts Keith Ellison on Farrakhan Ties in Heated Exchange

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TAPPER: "You’ve been decrying President Trump’s bigotry and you used to follow somebody who continually expressed sexist anti-LGBTQ, Louis Farrakhan —"
ELLISON: "I would disagree with that."
TAPPER: "What do you disagree with —"
ELLISON: "That comes up in this context."
TAPPER: "And you are decrying bigotry and Louis Farrakhan is a pretty clear bigot."
ELLISON: "Right. And I agree that is true. And I think I made myself very clear. But back to the false equivalency. I don’t have any support for the individual you just mentioned stands for, nor do I agree with trump’s bigotry either. But then again, any time somebody tries to say that something is unfair and bigoted or one time you sort of said something or somebody said you said something and then —"
TAPPER: "You are a follower of —"
ELLISON: "No I wasn’t —"
TAPPER: "You were a follower —"
ELLISON: "Jake, I’m sorry. That is not true, Jake. I want to say if anyone who raises concerns about bigotry then is put in a position to have to defend themselves, then we never get to talk about bigotry an I hope that is not what your purpose is, Jake, because you’ve stood for — an equal society but if you try to put me on the spot and have to explain myself — I didn’t pass a Muslim ban."