Former Dem chair, now Mn Ag welcomes socialists.

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The Communist Who Launched Keith Ellison’s Career

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Keith Ellison’s political career began with controversy over his links to the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan, connections that continues to dog him to the present day despite his repeated disavowals. But less commonly known is another radical association of Ellison’s: a decade-long relationship with Marxist University of Minnesota professor and 1974 Communist Party gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, Erwin Marquit. Marquit helped launch Ellison’s national political career in 2006 using Marquit’s political connections, anti-war associations, personal donations, and hosting at least four fundraisers over the years for Ellison in the Marquit home near Cedar Lake in the Bryn Mawr section of Minneapolis.

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Some entertaining Congressional hearings and soundbites involving Ellison within these past few months but aside from that, seems him and other crooked loons up there in MN like Ilhan are none too the worse for wear and happily flapping those pie holes as carefree as ever.