Ellison Report: "I am comin'"

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN), Fridley's representative in Congress, was using crutches to get around the  last week. (He is recovering from knee surgery.) Fridley Patch was waiting at the AFL-CIO booth for Ellison to make an appearance on Friday and tweeted:

@keithellison is late AND I can't find a proper corm dog?? #mnstatefair #MinnStateFair

Soon after, Ellison responded: 

@FridleyPatch I am comin'. Still on crutches, movin' as fast as I can.

Religion Questions
The Minnesota-based political blog Power Line posed a series of questions to Ellison about his religious faith:

Ellison’s public career raises basic questions that haven’t been asked by the media or answered by Ellison. Here are a few that come to mind:

1. You say you converted to Islam as a college student in Detroit, yet your first published articles as a law student at the University of Minnesota were written under the pseudonym “Keith Hakim” from the perspective of a follower of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. When did you convert to Islam? At what mosque did you worship?

The post goes on to ask another half-dozen questions, inspired by an New York Times article, "Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith."

Legion Speech
Ellison is among the elected officials—including President Obama—who will address the national convention of the American Legion on Tuesday.  

The Ellison Report is a regular feature in Patch websites in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District, following new and views on Rep. Ellison.