DNC Chairman Keith Ellison accused of domestic violence and assault

Not very nice of their Imaginary Friend.

 

Keith Ellison Wins Primary In Minnesota, As DNC Reviews Domestic Abuse Allegations

August 14, 20186:38 PM ET

Rep. Keith Ellison easily won the Democratic primary for Minnesota attorney general, the Associated Press projected, just hours after the Democratic National Committee said it is reviewing allegations of domestic abuse against Minnesota congressman, who also serves as the party's deputy chair.

In its first statement on the allegations against Ellison, the DNC tells NPR:

"These allegations recently came to light and we are reviewing them. All allegations of domestic abuse are disturbing and should be taken seriously."

The statement comes three days after the son of Karen Monahan, a former Ellison girlfriend, wrote a Facebook post saying he had seen video showing Ellison dragging his mother off her bed by her feet, yelling and cursing at her to get out of his house. Ellison was on the ballot in Minnesota on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for state attorney general.

Ellison vehemently denies the allegations. He said in a statement Sunday:

"Karen and I were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016, and I still care deeply for her well-being. This video does not exist because I never behaved in this way, and any characterization otherwise is false."

The scandal didn't appear to hurt Ellison's primary chances, as he led his nearest opponent by more than 30 percentage points. But his victory on Tuesday and his role near the top of the national party mean questions about the allegations are not likely to go away.

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https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/6386...buse-allegations-against-deputy-chair-ellison
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It looks like Ellison is very, very strong in his denial. Good enough for Trump.

 

Oops, BE CAREFUL, don't want to end up like Boris Johnson, doncha know!!

 

The mob is a step UP, ethically, from God/Jesus. The mob only breaks your leg, but God/Jesus has THIS in store for your ethical, moral family members....making the mob look like Girl Scouts in comparison:

 

So he won....so the Democrats are all TALK, and no ACTION, on the #MeToo movement. What a sham.

 

The problem is that they lack the moral courage (unlike Modern Secular Humanists) to condemn said invisible friend - they need to grow a moral spine.

 

Yes, if Franken goes (and he did), then ELLISON MUST GO TOO!

 

"According to Minnesota Public Radio, Monahan shared more than 100 text and Twitter messages between herself and Ellison with the outlet, but MPR said the messages do not contain evidence of the alleged physical abuse."

https://thinkprogress.org/keith-ellison-ex-girlfriend-karen-monahan-speaks-out-b4e8c3bf7095/

 

Yes, remember when COSBY only had (like Ellison has now) TWO accusers? I wonder how many women don't want to face death threats and public shaming in the national spotlight by publicly coming out and accusing a top Democratic party big-wig when all they have is their word against his? Especially seeing how Ellison's first accuser had to get a legal RESTRAINING ORDER against Ellison (against his lawyer, technically)! So I suspect the number of ACTUAL incidents is much much higher than the two women who have come forward so far.

Keep in mind that Islamic Law allows men to physically harm women - Mohammad hit little Aisha, for one thing (a hadith says.)...or will Muslims condemn Mohammad for that action?

 

Other examples of their interaction do indicate abuse, however.

 

One thing that we can both AGREE on is that the Islamic texts approval of domestic abuse doesn't help this situation one little bit, right?

 

Toad, dog, whatever.

 

FLASHBACK: Omarosa Was Fired or Tossed From Govt. Positions Under Clinton… FOUR Different Times

 

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Mohanan said she met with Ellison the night before he decided to run for attorney general.

“He asked if I was going to keep tweeting about stuff and he said, ‘I don’t want to keep looking over my back and wonder what you’re going to tweet … This is my career.’”

“And I said, ‘I’m not the one who did this. You didn’t think of your career, you didn’t think of your constituents,’” Monahan added. “I told him he deserved the time to do what you needed to do to get the help you needed … find some way to have restorative justice … He looked at me and said, ‘I don’t have time to do that.’” Ellison’s office did not immediately respond to ThinkProgress’ request for comment.

This is not the first time Ellison has come under fire for abuse. In 2006, another one of Ellison’s former girlfriends, Amy L. Alexander, wrote a piece in The Wright County Republican in which she claimed “he could explode in a tirade at any moment. He was a little dictator.”

“He grabbed me and pushed me out of the way. I was terrified. I called the police,” Alexander wrote. “Keith began a smear campaign against me that very day … I feared for my life and for the safety of my daughter.”

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How far do we let this go? Assuming these accusations are true, Keith has had a short temper and behaved violently, to a certain extent, towards former girlfriends. It's easy enough to believe that about a guy - lots of guys can be like this, unfortunately. So can women, incidentally.

But how much should this impact someone's career? Lots of people have ugly pasts, especially when it comes to past romances and break-ups. Many are not perfect and could be accused of such things as Ellison is now. Are we electing perfect people to public office? Given what people are willing to put up with from Trump, who has bragged about sexual assault and is known beyond doubt to have cheated on his present wife and attempted to cover it up and denied the facts until he could deny them no longer, well. I ask, just what is our standard of judgment for people on a professional level, especially in politics, based on their past personal affairs?

 

So, you've joined that little hate train, too?

 

And THEIR Imaginary Friend is better than all the OTHER Imaginary Friends are!!!!

 

I don't give a **** about Islam, especially in this discussion. This is about Ellison, not Islam.

 

"How far do we let this go?" NOT BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A STATE, OR CO-DNC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, THAT'S HOW FAR!!!

 

Then you have no idea how much Ellison is blinded in his every action by his religion (like many people are)!

 

He shouldn't have called her a dog ("toad" is no better), I'll admit. Trump is setting a new low-bar in civility in this country.

 

So after all that, who would be STUPID enough to hire her in the first place!?

 

I think the DNC platform is complete now. They are gonna run on the following planks: we hate Trump and say mean things about him; domestic violence is OK if you are one of our pet minorities; open borders; MS-13 are people too; anti-fa are violent towards the right people; did we say we hate Trump

 

But Keith Ellison is all about Islam, Sharia Law and Antifa.

Ellison defends and support them all.

Muslim Brotherhood Congressman Keith Ellison endorses violent Leftist Antifa group
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/01/...ellison-endorses-violent-leftist-antifa-group

 

Fair point!

 

You don't get it. I'm talking about how far we go into people's personal lives and their domestic issues in deciding whether they're unworthy of public office, no matter whether it's attorney general or something else. Having a short temper and getting carried away with a lover to the point of yelling and maybe shoving or otherwise manhandling, but not doing something more serious, which is all sadly all too common when the wrong people get into that kind of a relationship, does not seem to me like something worthy of #MeToo.