Public Radio Asks Democrat if He Associates With Terrorists

When I first heard that this man, Minnesota state representative Keith Ellison, was poised to become the first Muslim to serve in Congress, sadly, I thought, Wow, Republicans are gonna have a field day going after this guy.

Well, now that Mr. Ellison has won his primary the gloves have come off and the hits have begun:

In the first of three Fifth Congressional District debates scheduled for today, Republican Alan Fine repeated his personal attacks on state Rep. Keith Ellison, the DFL nominee.

Fine accused Ellison of joining a "hate group" interested in "the destruction of our country." The words, a reference to the group Nation of Islam, came in response to Minnesota Public Radio Midday host Gary Eichten’s question about why Fine thinks Ellison is "unfit" for Congress.

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Ellison has said his work with the Nation of Islam extended to organizing for the Million Man March in the mid-1990s. "I’m proud I was involved with the March," he said, adding that he wants to talk about issues, but if "this is the way it’s going to be. Fine. I can take it."

Eichten asked whether he associates with terrorists. "Completely untrue. … It’s because I’m about peace, because I’m about health care coverage and raising the minimum wage."

All right, so we’ve come to expect this sort of cowardly attack from Republicans, but it’s another thing all together when members of the so-called liberal media do the hatchet job for Republicans.