Rep. Keith Ellison’s Shameful Tears At Radicalization Hearing
Were Keith Ellison crying for Mr. Hamdani simply because he was an American hero who did his job on 9/11 – and lost his life for the effort, I would salute this.
The first Muslim elected to Congress broke into tears Thursday as he delivered his opening remarks at a hearing on radicalization in the Muslim American community. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) became heavily emotional as he spoke about a 23-year-old New York Police Department cadet and paramedic named Mohammed Salman Hamdani.
However, I heard the audio. That is not what Ellison was doing. What he was doing was not saluting Hamdani as a brave American victim of 9/11. He was using Hamdani's death to make him into a cliche, a political victim … to further Ellison's political agenda, not Hamdani's, for all we know. Given Hamdani's noble actions, how is it he deserves to be made into a political victim like that when he can't speak for himself? For all we know, he detested such stunts. I see his Mother became a commentator of some sort and has used his death for political purposes, too.
Evidently the FBI was interested in Hamdani, and I assume other Muslims, at least somewhat, until his remains were found at Ground Zero. I'm sorry, but I don't believe this constitutes bigotry, as she alleged, under the circumstances. It was a devastating attack, had to be sorted out – and that means being thorough, as well as involving more than a bit of panic and confusion. The attackers were Muslims. That is not the FBI's fault. Had the attackers been devout Christians, I've no doubt any known Evangelicals in the building would have been looked into, too. Were they Jewish, does anyone believe the FBI wouldn't have been interested in the five Isrealis who died on 9/11? Of course they would have felt compelled to ask questions. That was their job.
While most families of 9/11 victims are accorded a special respect, that status hasn't always shielded Hamdani and Ashrafi from bigotry. Hamdani said because her son was a Muslim, authorities investigated whether he was connected to the 9/11 plot. FBI agents interrogated Talat Hamdani and her now deceased husband. "He was an NYPD cadet, he was an EMT, he was a first responder, and he wasn't given dignity," Hamdani said.
So, five Isrealis died on 9/11. It's been estimated that between 400 – 500 Jews died. Per this article, a full seven years after 9/11 many Arabs were still blaming the Jews for 9/11 in 2008. Should we cry all the harder for them simply because of that? Because of someone else's deranged hatred? Or, should we simply now embrace them as Americans and innocent victims who lost their lives in a despicable act of terrorism by Islamic extremists?
Some number of nuts actually blamed and still blame America in the form of the Bush adminstration for 9/11. Would it elevate, or soil the memory of all the Americans who died on 9/11 to mourn them somehow more especially for that? That would not elevate them. It would demean them. And by using the late Mr. Hamdani as a prop in a personal political stunt, that is precisely what Ellison did to him.
Mourning Mr. Hamdani as a noble, self sacrificing American is not simply the only tribute such a man, or any patriot deserves. It is the only tribute befitting an American hero, which is precisely what Mr. Hamdaniwas. He was victimized more than enough on 9/11. His memory should not have to endure being made out as a victim in any other cause, whether it's that of a fellow Muslim who happens to be a politician, or his Mother's. As I said, Mr. Hamdani was victimized more than enough on 9/11 by radical Muslims. They are and were the only culprits complicit in his death, not the FBI, nor American citizens, or America, as a whole.
“Mr. Hamdani bravely sacrificed his life to try to help others on 9/11. [Pause] After the tragedy some people tried to smear his character [pause] solely because of his Islamic faith.
“Some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was involved with the attackers because he was a Muslim," Ellison continued. "But it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed.
“Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans. His life should not be just a member of an ethnic group or just a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow Americans.”
“Some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was involved with the attackers because he was a Muslim,” Ellison continued. “But it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed.
Huh. “Lies”?
I really don’t think that Collectivists know what that means.
Some speculation can be totally wrong, and is not a lie. A lie is told when you know a statement is false, or you don’t care whether something is true or false.
Was it malicious to wonder or even affirmatively suspect that a Muslim may have been implicated in 9/11?
Hardly.
It would have been malicious to continue to smear the man in the face of better information.
We conservative Hoosiers really tried to beat that guy this last round. We had a very good candidate and the political winds were in our favor. But the far left won anyway. All of which is very disturbing on several levels. But we did try and it was a very good try. I’m sorry we failed.
What’s with all the crying? The gin-fueled sobs of that Boner fellow every time he sees a pupppy or a rainbow is bad enough.
Are you talking about your lover, GasWhoooot…the Boner fellow…???
guesswhomever, is that really all you’ve got?!
LOL!!
There there brave li’l soldier…there there now……
LOL!!
Behold! Keith Ellison’s theme song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kxlZDOHeQ
Wow. You’re kind of a dick, aren’t you?
What a clown you are Riehl. Complaining about making things into political cliches after republicans used 9-11 as a political prop for years to scare people into voting for them, and now are using it to turn the US House of REps into a witch hunt for more scare mongering with abject profiling of one particular set of Americans. And you are complaining that the mother and Ellison are trying to avert this country going down the who is a loyal American path? A sorry path we went through nearly 60 years ago.
Every race is both a victim and perpetrator of horrific crimes, and sometimes terrorist related. King said he will not look into the neo Nazi white supremacist movement, even though the most recent foiled terrorist plot has allegedly come from that GROUP OF AMERICANS.
Compared to other western democracies, immigrant Muslims in this country are the most assimilated and patriotic of them all, and you idiots want alienate them to put a target on them for investigation, singling out this particular GROUP OF AMERICANS. I can’t think of a better way to create violent reprisals than that tactic.
Wow. General StupidStruck.
That was one steaming pile of sh!t.
Ellison’s “tears” – Islamization watch – What’s Taqiyya?
Rep. Ellison Weeps During Radical Islam Hearing – Mar 10, 2011
Peter King and Keith Ellison: Hypocrisy and fake tears on Capitol Hill.
[SATIRE]
(March 9)
CAIR: (Frantic) (voice breaking…) This is our test… this is it, We can’t fail, we have to demonize Rep. King..
ELLISON: of course, it’s like a Muslim Fatwa.
CAIR: So listen, as you know we are a very powerful Islamic lobby, [we appear as “moderates,” and we know how to (ab)use it.
ELLISON: Sure.
CAIR: And we have experience with the American mentality.
The plan is with the YouTube era, we have been thinking…
ELLISON: What?
CAIR: Putting up a show? “Taqiyya” (deceiving the infidel)
ELLISON: Like?
CAIR: Something along the line of ‘We are victims…’ – style.
ELLISON: Ah ha, thank you Brother. We’ll be working on it, what should be embedded in it, I mean, what case should I use as a banner of ‘Muslim hero’ to beautify all of us and distract America from the real danger coming from so many Muslims?
CAIR: Funny that you mention it, we have been pushing to rewrite 911 attack… so we have that “story” of a mother who won the FBI and “convinced” them that her som died… trying to save others.
ELLISON: That’s a bombshell. Muhammad loves you.
CAIR: If you need advice in gaming the infidels, we learned how to joggle in between sending hidden messages of glorifying jihadists or at least excusing terrorists. and acting as if we “denounce “radical Islam. I hope you get it, it takes practice.
(March 10)
L. FARRAKHAN Nation of Islam:
Hey there brother Asalamu Alaikum. Wow! What a show, it sends a shiver in the spine of every “white” and “blue eyed devil.” Peace, peace upon you, Islam is peace…
ELLISON: It worked, didn’t it? haha (long laugh)
FARRAKHAN: Whitey Americans (are so weak) always fall for tears, honest or faked. haha. Allah Akbar, We’ll Conquer America!’
(Pause)
FARRAKHAN (calls back): It’s me, huh, “honorable” minister Farrakhan again, hmm, just giving you a “brotherly” reminder of my true Islamic teaching when you were here in 1995, like the out-pouring love for humanity and “tolerance” for Asians, Jews and all white men… rewriting history of the enormous Arab-Islamic slave trade, supporting Arab racist genocide and slavery by tyrant Al-Bashir in Sudan, glorifying Hitler. You see, it boggles my mind why anyone would call the Nation of Islam the ‘Islamofacsism.’ I have no clue.
(Ellison still laughing).
Was that hard or easy for Riehl to write?
Total crock…and total misrep.
I’m sure he didn’t miss Ellison’s point so much as just plain not like it.
One of his more pathetic posts…and that’s saying a lot.
“…I see his Mother became a commentator of some sort and has used his death for political purposes…”
Right, the guy’s mother too.
Of course you won’t see Riehl throw that line at any mothers/family/friends who do the same but with a line he politically embraces.
I don’t for a minute buy that he truly sees Hamdani as an American hero or anything close.
Just a pose to set up what Dan has some real passion for.
The only good that comes from crap like this post and gushy support comments from minions like Ragspierre etc. is that it shows how much these hearings are indeed anti-Muslim.
And anti-American.
So keep it coming.
No. It is actually pretty close to the opposite of the truth. In fact, six weeks after the September 11 attacks — before Hamdani’s remains were identified, which Ellison implies to be the turning point of public perception — Congress signed the PATRIOT Act into law with this line included: “Many Arab Americans and Muslim Americans have acted heroically during the attacks on the United States, including Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a 23-year-old New Yorker of Pakistani descent, who is believed to have gone to the World Trade Center to offer rescue assistance and is now missing.” That is, Hamdani was actually singled out for particular high honors among the thousands of victims of the September 11 attacks.
There’s little evidence of the “rumors” of which Ellison speaks, either. Poke around yourself. Go to Google and search for Mohammed Salman Hamdani’s name, using various time frames from before today’s hearings (say, in the week after the September 11 attack). You’ll discover two discordant sets of returns: none for sites and news reports accusing Hamdani of being a terrorist, and many thousands of pages honoring him as a hero while claiming that he was “widely accused” of being a terrorist.
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mikeyNOsense.
Full of sh!t, as per usual…
Keep. It. Coming. It is invaluable for demonstration purposes!!!
Ragspierre -
Umm…
First you offer:
“Was it malicious to wonder or even affirmatively suspect that a Muslim may have been implicated in 9/11?”
But now you wanna share how such ‘wonder’ never occurred?
Thanks for the reveal of your thinking here.
Or lack of…
Wow.
Can’t wait for the backtrack.
Sheila Jackson-Lee is out of her mind.
Not JUST STooOOoooooooooOOOOOpid.
But demented.
The first comment was in the abstract, stupid.
It was not specific to anybody, but addressed the obvious truth that…immediately after an attack by Islamists…it would be rational to suspect other Islamist actors, and to wonder if other people might be implicated.
But let’s turn this around, mikeyNOsense. Do as the quote I posted suggests.
What appears here is that the Islamist apologists have put out a “rumor” about rumors…or as I like to call it…propaganda.
Put up the proof that is wrong.
Put up the proof that the FACTS recited in the quote are wrong.
Idiot.
Ahh…
and abstract backtrack.
“…it would be rational to suspect other Islamist actors…”
Of course you mean any and all.
Your honesty is welcome.
“Of course you mean any and all.
Your honesty is welcome.”
Of course I do not mean anything more than I said.
Note the use of “Islamist actors”. This is not incidental. It is carefully used to differentiate “Muslim” from “Islamist”.
Your perfidy is typical.
Where’s your refutation of the FACTS recited in the quote above?
Lying idiot.
By all means, do explain what you ‘really’ meant…
And your quote above is irrelevant, as far as your defense of your comment.
I am not doubting that it may be true.
Speculation seems to be the one thing too many people are into.
mike, it’s clear that there is no evidence for Ellisons claims.
As usual, it’s not surprising you want to make the debate about something else.
Rags offering a “before I look into this” abstract comment is quite common in the real world.
Upon further review, when the facts are established, it’s possible to draw more concrete solutions.
As Chuck Sheen would say: Duh!
LOL!!
Bottom line: there is no evidence to support Ellison’s assertions regarding the scapegoating of Hamdani.
None.
Just like the pretend “tea partiers called us the n-word and spit on us” farce in DC.
Just more made up facts by todays lefty reincarnations of Walter Duranty.
Go ahead mike, show us that there is truth behind Ellisons sobfest accusations!!
Go ahead……..
What? I don’t miss Stalin and Che.
Really.
LOL!!
Mike, speculation about speculation seems to be something too many people are into as well.
BTW, Japan reporting that up to 88,000 are currently missing with at least 1000 confirmed dead.
Sobering.
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