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DNC leader says GOP is 'the party of racism'
CNN Politics ^ | August 12, 2017 | Chris Moody

Posted on 08/12/2017 2:52:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A top Democratic National Committee leader called the Republican Party "the party of racism" at a conference for liberal activists Friday, pointing to President Donald Trump's positions on immigrants and refugees.

"You hear Republicans say, 'We're the party of Lincoln.' He wouldn't recognize these people," said Rep. Keith Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota and Democratic National Committee deputy chairman. "The fact is that the Republican Party today is the party of racism. Now I'm not saying every Republican is a racist, but I'm saying their party does hold that up. ... It is the Republican Party in 2017 that says, 'wall them off, ban them out, no transgender in the military.' If it's mean, if it's racist, if it's greedy, it's coming from them."

Ellison was speaking as part of a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation conference, an annual gathering for liberal activists. Ellison was the only representative from the party on the panel, and he made the comments after criticism from fellow panelists of Democrats, especially after the bruising primary fight in 2016 and failure to take control of the White House.

In response to this criticism from progressives of his party, Ellison argued that the Democratic Party was the best vessel of power those on the left have available to fulfill their goals.....

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: antisemite; democrats; democratscandals; ellison; hatemonger; immigration; islamiclawmaker; islamicsupremacist; keithellison; netroots; nutroots; obamalegacy; racism; republicans; stalinisttactics
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can run from your history, Keith; but you can’t hide.


21 posted on 08/12/2017 3:35:18 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Projection. The DEMS always pigeon-hole and sort people by race and what they deem as affiliation.


22 posted on 08/12/2017 3:39:10 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is the Republican Party in 2017 that says, 'wall them off, ban them out, no transgender in the military.

No country in history has ever survived by allowing invaders to move in and take over, unchecked.

And transgenders were never in the military prior to Obama.

What we see here is a prime example of leftist revisionism. Transgenders never have been allowed in the military, and Obama's parting shot to further damage the military was to issue an executive order that "transgenders" would be allowed. This policy has never been enacted. And now that Trump has said it will not be enacted, the leftists are acting as if they've been there all along and now Trump is unfairly kicking them out.

This is much like the chicanery that got gays into the military. Bill Clinton gave them a way in through the "don't ask don't tell" policy, and when Obama changed the policy to allow them to join openly, the leftist press described it as "overturning" the don't ask don't tell policy (as if gays had always joined openly until Bill Clinton made them hide), instead of correctly describing Obama's action as expanding the policy of allowing gays in the military.

23 posted on 08/12/2017 3:51:13 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: vetvetdoug

Yes. I welcome and encourage the unhinged drama queen leftists to please up their ante on their antics.


24 posted on 08/12/2017 3:51:27 PM PDT by Delta 21
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry racist Keith but the Democrats are the party of racism. Their decades of welfare creating the ghettos, voting against the Civil Right Act, being slave owners in the South, calling Black Republicans “Uncle Tom,” and I could go on and on.


25 posted on 08/12/2017 3:54:32 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: onedoug

Ellison sounds like a a capsizeable island.....


26 posted on 08/12/2017 3:56:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tell this Mooselimb Liar to STFU! ...


27 posted on 08/12/2017 4:41:20 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth ( Freep u, Schmucky)
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28 posted on 08/12/2017 4:44:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Projection. Democrats always are projecting their sins on everybody else. Nobody is more racist than they are.


29 posted on 08/12/2017 4:58:30 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
said Rep. Keith Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota and Democratic National Committee deputy chairman

OK, CNN, I'll correct it for you:

said Rep. Keith Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota and Democratic National Committee deputy chairman. Ellison, who has an ugly history of making anti-Semitic statements and praising violence committed by left-wing extremist groups and groups promoting intolerance and racial hatred such as Black Lives Matters...

30 posted on 08/12/2017 5:32:26 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DNC party of Commie racists.


31 posted on 08/12/2017 5:39:12 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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David Duke Endorses Keith Ellison For DNC Chair (NOT satire!) The Daily Caller ^ | February 13, 2017 | Jim Treacher Posted on ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2017‎ ‎2‎:‎25‎:‎11‎ ‎AM by Ciaphas Cain It doesn’t really matter who the chairman of the Democratic National Committee is, because it’s the Democratic National Committee. They’re pretty much screwed no matter what. With that in mind, why not pick someone who can bring everybody together? (Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
32 posted on 08/12/2017 7:36:28 PM PDT by piasa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keith Ellison is a muslim. Current slave traders and terrorists. He is also a member of the democrat party who created the KKK and continue to enslave the blacks using welfare and divisive politics.


33 posted on 08/12/2017 11:40:43 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dems haven’t been this unhinged since the republicans freed the slaves.

Well, when republicans helped pass the civil rights act (over democrat filibusters in the senate) they were pretty unhinged too....


34 posted on 08/13/2017 5:40:34 AM PDT by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning...)
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