Posted on 08/14/2018 8:34:42 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison scored a victory Tuesday night in the Minnesota primary race for the state's attorney general days after domestic abuse accusations against him surfaced.
Ellison, who serves as the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and is the first Muslim elected to Congress, was accused over the weekend of emotional and physical abuse by an ex-girlfriend.
Addressing the abuse allegations in his victory speech, Ellison said: “We had a very unexpected event at the end of this campaign that happened. I want to assure you that it is not true.”
Ellison ran for the position against state Rep. Debra Hilstrom, former Department of Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman, former Ramsey County Attorney Tom Foley and attorney Matt Pelikan.
The abuse allegations against the congressman first emerged on Saturday when the son of Ellison’s ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, alleged on Facebook that he’d read threatening text messages from the lawmaker. He also claimed to have watched a video in which Ellison dragged Monahan off a bed by her feet.
Monahan posted on Twitter a day later that the allegations were “true.”
“Every statement he made was true. @keithellison, you know you did that to me,” she tweeted.
Ellison responded to the allegations, insisting that the video is non-existent and he “never behaved in this way.”
Ellison has long been a leader in the Democratic Party.
The divorced 54-year-old is a six-term congressman who became deputy chairman of the DNC last year after falling just short of the top job. He was among candidates rushing to file for Minnesota's attorney general office after incumbent Lori Swanson made a late decision to run for governor
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He wants to be the Attorney General and does not have a law license.
Keep importing Somali and Muslim trash, we’re going to become a Muzzie country in no time flat.
He “beat” Debra Hilstrom in the AG’s race tonight.
Soros wants AGs.
This is the absolute best thing that could happen to the RNC. Ronna McDaniel should already be on TV commenting on the 911 call detailing his rage and abuse and the more recent allegations by a different woman. This will pit the (somewhat) decent democrats directly against Soros just like it did with Al Franken and it’ll be time for the Gillibrands of the party to shine. This is a huge opportunity. Don’t screw it up, RNC!
“Unbelievable. I hope he loses in November.”
The media will cover for him. Hey, everyone does it, no big deal.
He wants to be the Attorney General and does not have a law license.
You think that really matters in Minnesota? He has other “qualifications” that override a law license - such as being a barking moonbat Marxist Leninist. That is what really matters in Minnesota.
DemocRATs own the hate.
I hate the left as much as they hate the right. Sometimes I really wish that our sides could have the fight.
If it weren’t for double standards Democrats would have no standards at all! (Hat tip Chris Plante)
I wonder if the abuse allegations actually helped him.
Of course he did.
I think that Keith Ellison winning the primary is actually very good news. That islamofascist racist is now doubly-handicapped and more dirt is coming out on that evil wife beater.
Ellison is a Muslim fanatic who hates every American. He is ton our team.
It appears the abuse allegations helped him. In Wisconsin, the winner of the democrat primary for Ryan’s seat has a rap sheet longer than my arm. Democrats will vote for any creature that crawls.
But he beats women?
Isn’t that acceptable under their Sharia Law?
The results put the lie to the Democrats’ caterwauling about how they fight for abused women. They let Bill Clinton get away with molesting an employee in the Oval Office during the workday, so of course, they run to the polls to vote for a man who batters women. It’s okay if the abuser is a Democrat.
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