The most amazing news of the day is that Keith Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota, is now the leading candidate to take over as chair of the Democrat National Committee. If this happens, it is the ultimate victory for identity politics among Democrats.
Here's what you need to know. First, Ellison is an African American and the first Moslem member of Congress. The latter would make him remarkable as the national chair of the party, but that is far from the most important thing to know about Ellison. He was a member of the Nation of Islam, the movement headed by Louis Farrakhan and then tried to deny it when it became public.
Think about that. Will the Democrats actually choose as their leader someone who was a member of the anti-white, anti-Semitic Black Muslims? How often in the last few weeks did the Democrats castigate Donald Trump because he was endorsed by David Duke, someone who Trump denounced? According to the Democrats, Trump was unsuitable because someone else endorsed him; Trump had never been a member of Duke's group or any racist group like the KKK. Nevertheless, the Democrats are considering making someone their leader who chose to join a virulently racist Black Muslim group that actively promoted hate.
If the Democrats really want to recover from their electoral disaster, this is not the way to go about doing that.
Here's what you need to know. First, Ellison is an African American and the first Moslem member of Congress. The latter would make him remarkable as the national chair of the party, but that is far from the most important thing to know about Ellison. He was a member of the Nation of Islam, the movement headed by Louis Farrakhan and then tried to deny it when it became public.
Think about that. Will the Democrats actually choose as their leader someone who was a member of the anti-white, anti-Semitic Black Muslims? How often in the last few weeks did the Democrats castigate Donald Trump because he was endorsed by David Duke, someone who Trump denounced? According to the Democrats, Trump was unsuitable because someone else endorsed him; Trump had never been a member of Duke's group or any racist group like the KKK. Nevertheless, the Democrats are considering making someone their leader who chose to join a virulently racist Black Muslim group that actively promoted hate.
If the Democrats really want to recover from their electoral disaster, this is not the way to go about doing that.
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