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Friday, July 20, 2012

VIDEOS: Michele Bachmann Says Keith Ellison Has 'Long History' with Muslim Brotherhood

On CNN, Ellison told Anderson Cooper what Bachmann said to Glenn Beck is untrue.

In the video clip at right, Michele Bachmann accuses Keith Ellison of "a long record" of association with the Muslim Brotherhood—a claim Ellison flatly denies in the video clip at left. A brewing conflict between the two members of Congress from neighboring Minnesota districts got personal Thursday, as Bachmann directly tied Ellison to her claims of "deep penetration" of the U.S. federal government by the Muslim Brotherhood. Here is an excerpt from a transcript of the Bachmann's interview with Glenn Beck: REP. BACHMANN: And they call for Jerusalem to become Egypt’s capital, not Israel’s capital. They call for the demise of Israel and the demise of the United States. They believe in civilization, jihad, which is to come into the United …

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Karen Jourden

1:52 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Susan you have no idea how sleeper cells work. They do it slowly and turn this country into what they want. The wars start after the people finally realize that their country is not the one it use to be. When they start forcing people into their beliefs. By that time they have enough of their people to destroy all that don't want their form of beliefs. I'm not saying Ellison is one or not but you…   more ›

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

(UPDATED) VIDEO: Ellison Calls Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood Claims a 'Phantom'

In new letter to Bachmann, Ellison says she "rehashes ... anti-Muslim Web sites." She responds in statement: "I will not be silent."

Update (2 p.m. Wednesday): U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann fired back this afternoon in the ongoing war of words with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison over her charges of Muslim Brotherhood "penetration" into the federal government: “The letters my colleagues and I sent on June 13 to the Inspectors General of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of State—and the follow up letter I wrote to Rep. Ellison on July 13—are unfortunately being distorted.  “I encourage everyone, including media outlets, to read them in their entirety. The intention of the letters was to outline the serious national security concerns I had and ask for …

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Susan

1:01 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

So close, I think the word was "distorted".   more ›

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