Which Dems will speak out against pro-Antifa Keith Ellison?

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Sat, Jan 06 2018, 6:35 pm

Which Democrats will speak out against pro-Antifa Keith Ellison, Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee, who just tweeted support for violence against fascists? (Schumer -Shomer where are you again?)

https://twitter.com/keithellison

http://www.washingtonexaminer......44950

OPINION
Democrats can't make up their mind on antifa
by Philip Wegmann | Jan 4, 2018, 10:22 AM Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email this

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was right when she said in August that violent groups “deserve unequivocal condemnation.” But just recently Rep. Keith Ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, was wrong to signal support for antifa. Democrats, it would seem, are yes then no on violent demonstrations, hot then cold when it comes to street mobs that smash windows, torch cars, and chuck rocks at cops.

The party will need to figure out where they stand ahead of the midterms because, as it turns out, the electorate dislikes hooded bullies almost as much as they loathe orange-haired ones.

Ellison didn’t understand that when he shared a picture of himself with Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook. But while that book received positive reviews in the pages of The New Yorker and the Washington Post, it hasn’t become a bestseller. Readers don’t have much sympathy for weekend anarchists who destroy private property. About 58 percent of Americans, according to a Sept. 2017 Rasmussen poll, have a very unfavorable opinion of the group.

That’s not a good look for a party that needs to appeal to moderates to win back a majority in the House. A better message would be one that denounces violence and reaffirms free speech, something like what Pelosi shared back in August.

When a Trump supporter was curb stomped by an antifa gang on a sunny California Sunday at Berkeley, Pelosi came down hard. Pelosi demanded the self-styled fascists “be arrested and prosecuted.” Everyone liked that statement, even conservatives who hate to praise the Democrat. But after a grinning Ellison decided to plug the group, all that goodwill is gone.

https://www.thenewamerican.com.....arren

In an apparent response to receiving political heat for her public statements defaming Patriot Prayer and inciting Antifa violence against this peaceful, multiracial group, Rep. Nancy Pelosi has become the first nationally prominent “progressive” Democrat to issue a statement denouncing the masked Antifa thugs stalking our campuses and city streets. However, other leading Democrats — Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Dianne Feinstein, to name but a few — have remained stubbornly silent, in the face of escalating Antifa violence.

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Sun, Jan 07 2018, 12:16 am

alis_al_kulana wrote:

None. He's very powerful, despite having views that should disqualify him from holding office.

I consider him the most dangerous person to Jews in the United states today. He's a brilliant politician and expert in taqiyya. Do not underestimate him. If he ever has power, I will pack my bags in the USA .

I agree 100%.

I wonder if Shomer-Schumer will make a statement.

And how will Ezra Friedlander spin his unwavering support of Schumer if Schumer doesnt speak up?