Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office.
Ellison’s office called the Capitol Hill Police on Tancredo last Wednesday night as Tancredo was in his office smoking a cigar. The lawmakers have neighboring offices on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building.
Tancredo was still stunned a day later. “It’s very bizarre,” said Tancredo, who has never met Ellison. “Seemed to me not a good way to say hello.”
And let’s face it. Calling the cops on a colleague takes the cake for the nerviest behavior so far among members of this year’s freshman class of Congress.
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Really it would take more nerve. (More BALLS, MORE TESTICELS) to approach Rep Tancredo one on one. OH!, OH!, Officer, OH!, the smoke!
Yeah, and does anyone even remotely think that Ellison picked on Tancredo just because of that bit of smoking? Heavens to betsy, this is another stunt as sure as I'm not actually Pim Fortuyn. They (Ellison, CAIR) WANT to get Tancredo mad. They want to ruffle his feathers and get him to say something that they will try to turn into a scandal of some sort. Oooooh, I love it when a plan comes together.
Makes me want to light up right now.
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