Islamic nonprofit paid for Rep. Ellison's pilgrimage to Mecca
• Article by: KEVIN DIAZ , Star Tribune   • Updated: July 22,
2009 - 6:51 AM     • 119   • Comments    • Results per page:
donnikayJul. 22, 09 7:07 AM  ...the Muslim group funded
Ellison's trip because it wanted to improve communications
"between Muslim-Americans and the broader Muslim world." -Just
that statement alone says that this trip was not all for
Ellison's 'personal' religious reasons! This is so blatantly an
ethics issue. Open your eyes! People have left office or at
least been penalized for smaller things than this! Get the
blinders off and deal with this!  ranger78Jul. 22, 09 7:07 AM
He is quoted in the story as saying, he is "not privy to the
internal workings of the organization". But he took the money
anyway? It doesn't matter if it was a private trip. As a sitting
Congressman, his willingness to take money from an organization
he knows little about calls into questions his ethics and his
judgement. Both seem lacking in this case