Rep. Keith Ellison hands Sen. Bernie Sanders his second congressional endorsement

[cal04]

Source: MSNBC

Sen. Bernie Sanders will get a pre-debate boost from Rep. Keith Ellison, the co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who will become the second member of Congress to endorse Sanders’ insurgent presidential campaign Monday, he told MSNBC.

“I’m endorsing Bernie because he is talking about the issues that are important to American families,” Ellison told MSNBC in an email via his spokesperson. “His candidacy is important for many reasons, but I believe the most important part of his candidacy is that it has the ability to create a renaissance in voter participation, which was at its lowest in decades this past election cycle. We’ve all seen the massive crowds he is attracting, and I think that is a testament to his message connecting with people - people we will need to turn out in November.”

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“Bernie and I have stood together on progressive values for years,” Ellison added. “Bernie was a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and as one of the current co-chairs, we have a shared desire to help Americans who are struggling to get by.”

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/keith-ellison-hands-bernie-sanders-his-second-congressional-endorsment

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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign on Monday, saying he was doing so as "a matter of conscience."

Ellison is a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Sanders helped co-found as a member of the House of Representatives in 1991. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the caucus' other co-chair, endorsed Sanders -- the only senator to have ever joined the group -- last week.

"Bernie is really generating a lot of enthusiasm for civic participation," Ellison told The Huffington Post, which he pointed out is especially important after the historically low turnout during last year's midterm elections.

"We are in need of a civic renaissance in America and Bernie is generating a lot of excitement and energy among young people, old people, all kinds of people, and I think that is really critical," he added. "The manner in which he is moving his campaign forward is healthy for our democracy."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-keith-ellison-endorsement_561bccb1e4b0dbb8000f2ede

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. My congressman!

That's great! Was really hoping he'd come through for Bernie!

[geardaddy]

18. Me too!

So glad Keith has backed Bernie!

[daleanime]

57. Any chance....

that you would be willing to share?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

58. He's mine, all mine!!!

I do wish there were a lot more of him.

[We Want Bernie]

2. Yay for Bernie!

Ellison should get a lot of people to Bernie's side.

Thank you, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, for the rationale of endorsing our next President of the United States.

I am positive that there are more endorsements going his way, plus Clinton's old supporters will be switching shortly after the debates tomorrow. (at least the early endorsers before they even knew Bernie was viable)

[KamaAina]

3. But, but, but I thought Bernie couldn't connect with African Americans!

[CharlotteVale]

4. Oops! Time for a new meme!

[BeanMusical]

36. How about: He lets the toilet seat up?

[portlander23]

5. Yep

[Dems to Win]

6. This is convenient. Keith's one of my top choices to be Bernie's VP nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

9. A socialist AND a muslim? That might be tough.

[Dems to Win]

12. Such fears are so 20th century

The black guy with the middle name of Hussein won the presidency. I'm not inclined to choose who to vote for based on who other people will be too prejudiced to vote for.

I say we boldly nominate the BEST our party has to offer and elect them!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

24. They should be, but there are a lot of morons and haters out there.

[stone space]

26. Tea Party had Obama pegged as both.

A socialist AND a muslim? That might be tough.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

59. But Bernie really IS a (dem) socialist and Keith really IS a muslim.

[jeff47]

61. One of the downsides of crying wolf is people don't believe you

when the real one shows up.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

62. What the hell are you talking about?

I just made a point "A socialist AND a muslim? That might be tough." I believe that "it might me tough". I'm just responding back to people that respond to me.

[jeff47]

71. That Republicans have been shouting "Socialist!!!!" at every Democrat for decades.

That has greatly reduced the power of the claim. It's background noise now.

[stone space]

63. So? That just makes it easier to fight back.

But Bernie really IS a (dem) socialist and Keith really IS a muslim.

[Fritz Walter]

30. And proud of it!

Both of them!

[JDPriestly]

11. Could happen. And it would give a message to the world.

Bernie is Jewish, and I believe that Keith Ellison is Muslim.

But I do note that a lot of Bernie's ideas are very much also those of Elizabeth Warren, who has a woman would make a good running mate. Keith has an advantage in being from the Midwest. That would be good for the ticket. Elizabeth Warren of course, like Bernie is from the Northeast. Usually tickets try to represent diverse parts of the country.

[cascadiance]

14. A Jewish/Muslim ticket would really make righties' heads spin!

They would have a hard time either labeling them as Jews, Muslims, or even "godless" socialists then! The name calling would be harder for them to make work then!

Perhaps such a ticket would help us push the discussion beyond just the pejorative labeling and have more constructive dialogue on details of what some policies of progressive democratic socialism would give our country!

[stone space]

13. asdf

Keith's one of my top choices to be Bernie's VP

[Le Taz Hot]

7. PROGRESSIVE. CAUCUS!

Yessss!!!!! I'm on a crusade to get as many members of the Progressives Caucus to endorse Bernie Sanders as we can get. Not everyone agrees with the strategy but the reality is Hillary got the Vichy Dems lining up to endorse her and we need to counter that.

[PassingFair]

17. +1

This is VERY encouraging!

[stillwaiting]

29. No reason they shouldn't endorse Bernie.

Just BEING in the progressive caucus aligns them against Clinton, and I'm sure they and Clinton realize this.

[BeanMusical]

44. The Vichy Dems? I like that!

[shenmue]

64. Shame on you.

[BeanMusical]

67. Oh really? What's your name at the Cave-style site?

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:02 AM

Star Member OKNancy

HILLARY GROUP POST - A site of interest for Hillary Supporters

http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com/forum/index.php

A moderated site just for Hillary supporters.

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Response to OKNancy (Original post)

Star Member shenmue

4. Yes!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110716741#op

Really well moderated sewer. They are calling Bernie supporters, which means at least 85% of DU members by their own admission, BernieBaggers among other nice things. And that's nothing compared to what I've seen in the now locked forums. Endless personal attacks on individual DUers and also Bernie, of course, like this anti-Semitic POS that was deleted:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150924080750/http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=559

Shame on you for associating yourself with such vile people.

[Tarheel_Dem]

53. Barbara Lee, John Lewis, Tammy Duckworth, Karen Bass are "Vichy Dems"? Gee, I wonder if they know?

[NuclearDem]

66. If anyone wonders why Sanders has a minority outreach problem

just remind people that leaders like Barbara Lee and John Lewis have been compared to Nazi puppets.

[Tarheel_Dem]

68. Fortunately, it won't need to be explained, if you know what I mean. It's shit like that....

that exposes BS' greatest liability. It's not his inattention to issues that POC care about, it's his "supporters".

[stone space]

69. Let me guess. You thought that saying this would help Bernie?

Vichy Dems

[Cheese Sandwich]

8. That's great news

He's a great leader in Congress too.

[retrowire]

10. alright! nice. n/t

[WillyT]

15. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[kenfrequed]

16. Yeah!

Thanks to my congressman!

[Scootaloo]

19. That's awesome.

[George II]

20. That brings the "score" of Representatives to.....Clinton 114, Sanders 2, and Senators....

...Clinton 32, Sanders 0.

Only 72 Representatives and 12 Senators uncommitted.

If this was softball they would have already invoked the mercy rule.

[Tarheel_Dem]

22. ^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

[jfern]

37. I wonder who Senator Bernie Sanders will endorse

[George II]

39. I don't know, but even his fellow New England Independens Senator (King from Maine)....

....hasn't endorsed him yet.

[jfern]

40. Why would someone who endorsed Susan Collins rush to endorse Bernie Sanders

Makes no sense

[George II]

42. Like Sanders, King caucuses with the Democrats.

[jfern]

49. Sanders doesn't endorse Republicans

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. For some much needed perspective:

By Aaron Bycoffe

In presidential primaries, endorsements have been among the best predictors of which candidates will succeed and which will fail. So we’re keeping track.

UPDATED 3:04 p.m. EDT | October 12


In the 2016 election cycle, the Democratic and Republican races look very different. Hillary Clinton had a commanding lead in endorsements even before launching her campaign — to an extent that’s unprecedented for a non-incumbent Democrat. But Republican insiders have been slow to rally behind a candidate.

Of course, not all endorsements are equally valuable. We use a simple weighting system: 10 points for governors, 5 points for U.S. senators and 1 point for U.S. representatives (there are roughly five times as many representatives as senators and 10 times as many representatives as governors).

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

Hillary Clinton = +354 pts.

10/5/15 John Hickenlooper Gov. (D-Colo.) 10
10/5 Robert C. Scott Rep. (D-Va.) 1
9/17 Maggie Hassan Gov. (D-N.H.) 10
9/13 Ann Kuster Rep. (D-N.H.) 1
9/7 Cheri Bustos Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
9/7 David Loebsack Rep. (D-Iowa) 1
9/1 Zoe Lofgren Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
8/31 Tammy Baldwin Sen. (D-Wis.) 5
8/28 Timothy J. Walz Rep. (D-Minn.) 1
8/24 Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. (D-N.J.) 1
8/24 Donald Payne Jr. Rep. (D-N.J.) 1
8/24 John Garamendi Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
8/24 Bill Pascrell Jr. Rep. (D-N.J.) 1
8/18 Jim Himes Rep. (D-Conn.) 1
8/6 Xavier Becerra Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
8/5 Scott Peters Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
7/15 Lois Capps Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
7/15 Marcia L. Fudge Rep. (D-Ohio) 1
7/14 André Carson Rep. (D-Ind.) 1
7/13 Suzanne Bonamici Rep. (D-Ore.) 1
6/27 Niki Tsongas Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
6/26 Don Beyer Rep. (D-Va.) 1
6/26 Brenda Lawrence Rep. (D-Mich.) 1
6/23 Matthew Cartwright Rep. (D-Pa.) 1
6/23 William "Lacy" Clay Jr. Rep. (D-Mo.) 1
6/13 Elizabeth Esty Rep. (D-Conn.) 1
6/13 John B. Larson Rep. (D-Conn.) 1
6/13 Tom Wolf Gov. (D-Pa.) 10
6/7 Dannel P. Malloy Gov. (D-Conn.) 10
6/5 Steve Cohen Rep. (D-Tenn.) 1
6/4 Christopher Murphy Sen. (D-Conn.) 5
5/27 Katherine Clark Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
5/20 Peter Shumlin Gov. (D-Vt.) 10
5/14 Joseph P. Kennedy III Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
5/12 James McGovern Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
5/5 Gary Peters Sen. (D-Mich.) 5
5/5 Michael F. Bennet Sen. (D-Colo.) 5
5/4 Eddie Bernice Johnson Rep. (D-Texas) 1
5/4 Filemon Vela Rep. (D-Texas) 1
5/4 Daniel Kildee Rep. (D-Mich.) 1
5/4 Jared Polis Rep. (D-Colo.) 1
5/4 Ed Perlmutter Rep. (D-Colo.) 1
5/4 Adam Schiff Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
5/4 Brad Sherman Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
5/4 Marc Veasey Rep. (D-Texas) 1
5/4 Henry Cuellar Rep. (D-Texas) 1
5/4 José E. Serrano Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Rubén Hinojosa Rep. (D-Texas) 1
5/4 Kathleen Rice Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Jim Cooper Rep. (D-Tenn.) 1
5/4 Kathy Castor Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
5/4 Sean Patrick Maloney Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Julia Brownley Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
5/4 Joyce Beatty Rep. (D-Ohio) 1
5/4 Mike Thompson Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
5/4 Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly Rep. (D-Va.) 1
5/4 Derek Kilmer Rep. (D-Wash.) 1
5/4 Kurt Schrader Rep. (D-Ore.) 1
5/4 Adam Smith Rep. (D-Wash.) 1
5/4 Patrick Murphy Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
4/29 Emanuel Cleaver Rep. (D-Mo.) 1
4/24 Robert P. Casey, Jr. Sen. (D-Pa.) 5
4/23 Steve Israel Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
4/23 Cory A. Booker Sen. (D-N.J.) 5
4/22 John Conyers Jr. Rep. (D-Mich.) 1
4/16 Gina M. Raimondo Gov. (D-R.I.) 10
4/15 Jim McDermott Rep. (D-Wash.) 1
4/14 Rosa L. DeLauro Rep. (D-Conn.) 1
4/13 Tom Udall Sen. (D-N.M.) 5
4/12 Debbie Dingell Rep. (D-Mich.) 1
4/12 Rick Larsen Rep. (D-Wash.) 1
4/12 Diana DeGette Rep. (D-Colo.) 1
4/12 Jeanne Shaheen Sen. (D-N.H.) 5
4/12 Andrew M. Cuomo Gov. (D-N.Y.) 10
4/12 Karen Bass Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
4/11 Nydia M. Velázquez Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
4/11 Jerrold Nadler Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
2/2 Brian Schatz Sen. (D-Hawaii) 5
1/29 Alcee L. Hastings Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
1/27 Mark Takano Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/27 Mazie K. Hirono Sen. (D-Hawaii) 5
1/27 Tammy Duckworth Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
1/27 Ted Lieu Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/27 Judy Chu Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/27 Madeleine Bordallo Rep. (D-Guam) 1
1/27 Ami Bera Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/22 Lucille Roybal-Allard Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/22 Grace Napolitano Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/22 Loretta Sanchez Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
12/18/14 Bill Nelson Sen. (D-Fla.) 5
12/16 Al Franken Sen. (D-Minn.) 5
12/1 Barbara A. Mikulski Sen. (D-Md.) 5
12/1 Benjamin L. Cardin Sen. (D-Md.) 5
11/14 Terry McAuliffe Gov. (D-Va.) 10
11/10 Charles B. Rangel Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
10/14 Nita Lowey Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
8/5 Mark R. Warner Sen. (D-Va.) 5
7/12 Michelle Lujan Grisham Rep. (D-N.M.) 1
7/12 Martin Heinrich Sen. (D-N.M.) 5
6/21 Patrick J. Leahy Sen. (D-Vt.) 5
6/18 Rick Nolan Rep. (D-Minn.) 1
6/18 Betty McCollum Rep. (D-Minn.) 1
6/7 Richard Blumenthal Sen. (D-Conn.) 5
6/6 Bill Foster Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
6/6 Robin Kelly Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
6/5 Richard J. Durbin Sen. (D-Ill.) 5
6/4 Amy Klobuchar Sen. (D-Minn.) 5
5/22 Debbie Stabenow Sen. (D-Mich.) 5
5/4 Mark Takai Rep. (D-Hawaii) 1
5/3 Tim Kaine Sen. (D-Va.) 5
2/7 Ted Deutch Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
1/31 Joseph Crowley Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/29 Joe Manchin III Sen. (D-W.Va.) 5
1/28 Jan Schakowsky Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
1/28 Mike Honda Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/28 Brian Higgins Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Janice Hahn Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/28 Sheila Jackson Lee Rep. (D-Texas) 1
1/28 Danny K. Davis Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
1/28 Joaquin Castro Rep. (D-Texas) 1
1/28 Chellie Pingree Rep. (D-Maine) 1
1/28 Sander Levin Rep. (D-Mich.) 1
1/28 Terri A. Sewell Rep. (D-Ala.) 1
1/28 Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. (D-R.I.) 5
1/28 Grace Meng Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Gene Green Rep. (D-Texas) 1
1/28 Lois Frankel Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
1/28 Gregory W. Meeks Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Stephen F. Lynch Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
1/28 John Delaney Rep. (D-Md.) 1
1/28 Louise Slaughter Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Frederica Wilson Rep. (D-Fla.) 1
1/28 Jim Langevin Rep. (D-R.I.) 1
1/28 Richard E. Neal Rep. (D-Mass.) 1
1/28 John Lewis Rep. (D-Ga.) 1
1/28 Steny H. Hoyer Rep. (D-Md.) 1
1/28 Doris O. Matsui Rep. (D-Calif.) 1
1/28 Henry C. "Hank" Jr. Johnson Rep. (D-Ga.) 1
1/28 David Scott Rep. (D-Ga.) 1
1/28 David Cicilline Rep. (D-R.I.) 1
1/28 Luis Gutierrez Rep. (D-Ill.) 1
1/28 Cedric Richmond Rep. (D-La.) 1
1/13 Chris Van Hollen Rep. (D-Md.) 1
12/12/13 Dianne Feinstein Sen. (D-Calif.) 5
11/17 Kirsten E. Gillibrand Sen. (D-N.Y.) 5
11/11 Carolyn Maloney Rep. (D-N.Y.) 1
11/8 Patty Murray Sen. (D-Wash.) 5
11/7 Mark Dayton Gov. (D-Minn.) 10
11/5 Tim Ryan Rep. (D-Ohio) 1
11/2 Charles E. Schumer Sen. (D-N.Y.) 5
10/30 Barbara Boxer Sen. (D-Calif.) 5
8/18 Dina Titus Rep. (D-Nev.) 1
6/18 Claire McCaskill Sen. (D-Mo.) 5

Bernie Sanders = +2 pts.

10/12/15 Keith Ellison Rep. (D-Minn.) 1
10/7 Raúl Grijalva Rep. (D-Ariz.) 1

[roguevalley]

25. I have to tell you, craven dems, dinos and yellow dogs mostly endorsing someone in numbers

would make me go the other way. There is a reason these idiots have a 9% approval rate

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. There is nothing in your statement that says anything about Democrats approval of their own....

congressional members. That number is for the entire Congress. We're discussing the primaries in this thread. Try to keep up.

[stone space]

27. Just skimming the dates, I'd say that most of the list is not need in "Late Breaking News". (nt)

[George II]

41. Look at the title of the OP

[stone space]

45. Not sure that I understand you. The title doesn't have a list of dates. (nt)

[George II]

46. The subject of the discussion is the latest endorsement, which was today. Most of the discussion...

....has been more general with respect to congressional endorsements overall.

Those dates are just part of the point of the post that included them.

[stone space]

47. It was the dates that led me to believe that most were not really late breaking news. (nt)

[BernieFan57]

33. Senator Obama had no Senate Endorsements at this time in 2007. Today he is president.

I believe he was running against a similarly well-endorsed person, I forget whom.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. Link? Just because you say it doesn't make it so. And even if true, BS is no Barack Obama.

2016 will play out much more like 2004 than 2008. Trust me on that. BS' deficits among POC can't be made up. That's just a fact.

Oh, and welcome back!

[BeanMusical]

48. "2016 will play out much more like 2004 than 2008. Trust me on that."

Just because you say it doesn't make it so.

[MannyGoldstein]

51. "BS' deficits among POC can't be made up. That's just a fact."

Ipso facto, it's an opinion. Unless the laws of physics have changed.

[truthisfreedom]

23. ALRIGHT!!! My Representative! The only Muslim in the Congress, afaik!

What a great endorsement! Keith is the best!

[dorkzilla]

31. YES!!!!!

Of course the haters are going to be all like “oh so MUSLIMS like SOCIALISTS?” but fuck em. That’s great, good on Ellison!

[George II]

43. Almost 40 posts in this thread and the only person to bring this up is......................

........................YOU!

[dorkzilla]

50. Um, wrong boyo....read up thread. nt

[BeanMusical]

52. Something similar was brought up in post 9 then concluded in post 24:

9. A socialist AND a muslim? That might be tough.

24. They should be, but there are a lot of morons and haters out there.

[Enthusiast]

32. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[MannyGoldstein]

34. LOL!

Call me when any people of color endorse Sanders.

Or Muslims.

[darkangel218]

38. Lol!

[BeanMusical]

54. Kick and R

[zentrum]

55. Love Ellison!

[dflprincess]

56. Happy to see this

Glad to see him put his constituents first and not go along with the party (both state and national) status quo.

I just wish I lived in his district.

[edgineered]

60. Kick, Rec

[valerief]

65. Ellison is terrific! Great endorsement. nt

[raouldukelives]

70. K&R nt

[bullwinkle428]

72. The TWO CHAIRS of the PROGRESSIVE HOUSE CAUCUS.

Just keep repeating that one, doubters.

K&R.