Keith Ellison dropped the political f-word during an immigration rally in Loring Park this weekend.
The Minneapolis congressman said Congress urgently needs to pass immigration reform in light of Arizona's new law giving police more rights to detain people whom they suspect are in the country illegally. Borrowing a word normally reserved for Tea Party protests these days, Ellison called the law "fascist."Â
"The fact is that we have to fight against these repressive laws in Arizona,"Â Ellison said. "They want to say that everybody is a criminal. They will stop anybody. We've got to stop these fascist, racist laws [inaudibule]."
On the other side of the aisle, Rep. Michele Bachmann told Fox Business News last week that the law in Arizona is "a real concern,"Â though she said federal officials need to do a better job enforcing laws that are "on the books."
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen welcomes his friend and housemate back, three months after Rep. Steve Scalise was gunned down at a congressional baseball practice.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar appeared on The Daily Show Tuesday night to talk about getting things done in Congress, lowering drug prices and the direction of the Democratic party.
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A Duluth native who just barely lost Virginia's GOP gubernatorial primary said that politicians have not gone far enough in condemning the left for violence during a rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville. "I think that the left is going to try to use this as an excuse to crack down on conservative free speech," said Corey Stewart. "I think they're going to try to use this as an excuse to remove more historical monuments."
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week launched digital ads against U.S. Reps. Jason Lewis, Erik Paulsen, and 23 other GOP lawmakers.