Peter Hasson on July 18, 2018
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), claimed on Wednesday that America’s national borders create “an injustice” by keeping Mexican workers from traveling to the United States to look for higher-paying jobs.
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Ellison claimed in an interview with progressive activist Rabbi Michael Lerner that America’s “prosperity is based on the want that is experienced in other parts of the world” and complained that “people, regular people, cannot go back and forth across the border seeking out the highest wages.”
“We just have to say that the 12 million undocumented people in the United States are here because somebody wants them to be. But they want them here to do the work, but they don’t want them to get any rights. They don’t want to pay them fairly. They don’t want them to be able to bargain collectively. They don’t want them to be able to get occupational safety and standards. And that is what’s really going on,” Ellison said.
“And these trade agreements, you know, they allow capital to travel other borders, and all capital is, is people who happen to own something we call a corporation, which is a legal arrangement which gives them special rights. And labor, which is a regular person, cannot travel back and forth across the border,” he continued. “And so corporations, certain people who get certain rights, can go back and forth across the border seeking out the lowest wages, but people, regular people, cannot go back and forth across the border seeking out the highest wages. So what it creates is an imbalance. It creates an injustice.”
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Ellison’s comments, which were quickly clipped and circulated by the Republican National Committee, are just the latest instance of the congressman signaling his support for a far-left, open-borders agenda.
Ellison sported a T-shirt calling for the elimination of national borders while walking in a parade in May. The next month, he posed for a picture next to a sign that read, “No human being is illegal on stolen land.”
During Wednesday’s interview, he also expressed support for giving global citizens control over American corporations.
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Keith Ellison is not only a Muslim Jihadi, he’s a moron Muslim Jihadi. How he continues to get elected I from Minnesota is beyond me. Dang, how many Muslims are there in Minnesota anyway?
He gets re-elected the same way that Mother Maxine gets re-elected, Sister Sheila Jackson-Lee gets re-elected, and Hank Johnson gets voted back in despite showing true ignorance and entitlement. They are dumb as a bag of rocks, and, from what I understand, Sheila J-L is mean as a snake to her staff and everyone else, but they keep coming back. Three guesses why.
Keith Ellison Claims National Borders Create ‘An Injustice’ Really? to protect our Nation from floods of Illegals, Criminals and Terrorist is an INJUSTICE! People like this are faradic of Socialism and Anti-American and should never be in federal government, it is treason against this Nation and its true people. This imbecile should be FIRED and all pension and checks stopped ASAP and placed in prison at HARD LABOR 16 hrs. Per day 7 days a week for life.
I also remember Brother Ellison telling us we had PLENTY of $$…..the government just didn’t have it yet! Tipped off the socialist hand of the dems right there, if we ever needed it.
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), claimed on Wednesday that America’s national borders create “an injustice” by keeping Mexican workers from traveling to the United States to look for higher-paying jobs.
Somebody this stupid shouldn’t be elected as a public official.
There is a huge difference, and the Democrats refuse to even say, write, utter, or even consider the word, in the Illegal vs legal immigration. I have never seen, and don’t think I ever will, see a column, piece, or even anything written by one of these dingbats where the distinction between illegal and legal is brought out. Sure this guy finally does say illegal in his story, but never mentions that that are thousands of immigrants trying to get into this country LEGALLY to do those jobs that are now occupied by those THOUSANDS/MILLIONS of ILLEGAL immigrants who thought hopping the line was better than waiting in it. That he can’t understand that should disqualify him from public office. And this idiot is from Minnesota, not exactly a huge illegal immigrant population worry. Try and bring your stupidity to California and see what it’s really like. Might change your tune real fast.
Says HE; Who had NO intention of assimilating, being muslim AND an America-hater!
If we are to have an open border with Mexico, then I want:
1) Mexico to dump the peso and adopt the US Dollar,
2) All americans allowed to open carry or conceal carry the weapon of their choice without the need for a permit or license when visiting or living in Mexico,
3) The right to purchase and own real estate in Mexico regardless of citizenship,
4) “Press 1 for English” with all south of the border phone interactions.
If you can’t provide these conditions, build that wall.
This muslim convert POS should be in front of a firing squad for treason….. and hold a raffle for the live round it would be a long line but worth the wait…..
Why settle for just one live round? Set up a squad of blind (“visually-impaired”) people, and equip them with AR-15’s — or M-16’s — with “high-capacity” magazines. Stand him up against a wall, and point the squad members in the wall’s direction. At the command of “FIRE!” much hilarity would ensue, making this a sure-fire, multi-million pay-per-view event!
Only injustice being done is by the NWO communist/socialists like Ellison. Time for the treason to stop. Just take the laundered money so many have in their bank accounts and run to a country with no extradition. Good for them, good for America.
ellison is an injustice!!!