Ellison denied request to testify at Al-Shabaab hearing

StarTribune.com ^ | 7/26/11 | Jeremy Herb

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Rep. Keith Ellison's request to testify at Wednesday's House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Islamic radicalization was denied by Rep. Peter King, the committee chairman.

Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, sent a letter to King on Monday asking that he could testify at Wednesday's hearing, which will address Al-Shabaab, a Somali terror group.

King, a New York Republican, responded that Wednesday's hearing is an extension of the March hearing on Islamic radicalization where Ellison did testify. King wrote in a letter to Ellison that Al-Shabaab was a focus of the March hearing, and he asked that Ellison submit written testimony for the record instead of testifying.

Ellison spokeswoman Jennifer Gore said “a typical courtesy has been denied” to the Minnesota Democrat. “It's very unheard of to have witnesses coming in from a congressional district that is the subject matter of a hearing and the representative from that district is not allowed to testify or participate,” she said.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Atta boy, Peter!

[Gargantua]

Any tubesteak who goes on TV and fake-cries in a grandstanding attempt to gin-up sympathy for his lying ass does not deserve a seat at the table.

Little crocodile-tears Keefie can go sit in a high-chair in the corner until he learns how to behave like an adult.

Whadda stoopit tool.

;^\

[San Jacinto]

I wish they could let him testify and arrest him on the spot.

[OrioleFan]

Crawl back into your spider hole Keith!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Sweet justice...