Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) compared 9/11 to the Reichstag fire in a talk early in July.Rep. Keith Ellison Keith Ellison may refer to:
(Feb. 27, 1933) Burning of the German parliament building (Reichstag) in Berlin. Allegedly set by a Dutch communist, the fire was used by Adolf Hitler to turn public opinion against his opponents, especially the communists. in a talk early in July. "After the Reichstag was burned ... it put the leader of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted." Ellison denied that he was a conspiracy theorist. "The fact is that I'm not saying [9/11] was a plan, or anything like that ..." But his denial was tactical. "... because, you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box--dismiss you." In the Nineties, Ellison was a member of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam Nation of Islam: see Black Muslims. Nation of Islam or Black Muslims African American religious movement that mingles elements of Islam and black nationalism. It was founded in 1931 by Wallace D. , which teaches that white, yellow, and red people are the degenerate degenerate /de·gen·er·ate/ (de-jen´er-at) to change from a higher to a lower form. degenerate /de·gen·er·ate/ (de-jen´er-at) characterized by degeneration. products of prehistoric breeding experiments performed on the island of Patmos by Dr. Yacub. The nut-ball box is a place he knows well. |
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