FNC: Ellison’s Likening Bush to Hitler, Associating with Farrakhan, May Doom DNC Bid

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GALLAGHER: "In his bid to become the next Democratic Party chair, Keith Ellison said his focus will be to champion the challenge of working families and give them a reason to show up at the polls in 2018. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, already has support from the party’s left, including Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and by the party establishment, like the outgoing and incoming Senate minority leaders. All of whom believe Keith Ellison is the man who can reach out to working-class white voters who went for Trump. But the congressman’s past associations and comments may prove more concerning for moderate voters. Ellison once identified with Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, referring to himself as Keith ex-Ellison and Keith Ellison Mohamed. And he defended Farrakhan against accusations charges of anti-Semitism, though he later apologized for defending Farrakahn. But in 2007, Ellison compared George W. Bush and 9/11, to Hitler and the 1933 Reichstag fire, being the German parliament building. Reichstag was blamed on the communists and gave Hitler the power to do as he pleased. Ellison was implying that 9/11 did the same for Bush. Ellison moved to impeach Dick Cheney for the intel failure dealing with weapons of mass destruction. Ellison appears to be the early favorite, though he is facing competition from former DNC chair Howard Dean and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. Megyn?"