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CNN’s Jake Tapper wanted Rep. Keith Ellison to level with him as a former supporter of bigoted religious leader Louis Farrakhan.
“You’ve been decrying President Trump’s bigotry,” Tapper began. “Obviously you used to follow somebody who continually expressed sexist, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-Semitic bigotry.”
“I would disagree with that,” Ellison said. “I agree that [Farrakhan is a bigot]… I don’t have any support for what the individual you just mentioned stands for, nor do I agree with Trump’s bigotry either.”
However, Ellison then implied that Tapper’s accusation was based off of the fact that he “sort of said something one time” that may have supported Farrakhan.
“You were a follower of Farrakhan, sir,” Tapper asserted.