Keith Ellison Chokes Up at Hill Hearing on Muslims
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightIn 2006, Keith Ellison became the first Muslim elected to Congress. Things haven't always been easy since then. Before Ellison even got to Washington, Townhall columnist Dennis Prager attacked him for wanting to be (ceremonially) sworn into Congress on a Quran, rather than a Bible. Prager wrote, "Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath," and controversy ensued.