Keith Ellison: On Travel Ban, Trump Shows ‘Typical Behavior Of A Dictator’ (VIDEO)

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 08: Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center where he and other members criticized many of Presid... UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 08: Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center where he and other members criticized many of President-elect Trump's choices for cabinet positions, December 08, 2016. Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., left, and Mark Pocan, D-Wis., also appear. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was employing “the typical behavior of a dictator.”

In an interview with Attn:, Ellison was asked about Trump’s attempt to blame a judge who temporarily halted his immigration executive order for any attacks that could happen afterward.

“This is the typical behavior of a dictator. What they do is they try to carve into people’s rights, and they do it by saying ‘I’m here to protect you, and I only I can protect you,'” Ellison said. “And then if anything goes wrong, they exploit it to say, ‘See you should have given up your rights so that I could protect you.’”

“Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril,” Trump wrote Sunday on Twitter. “If something happens blame him and court system.”

Ellison went on in the interview Wednesday to join the chorus of Democratic voices protesting the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), saying Sessions was Trump’s Cabinet nominee who concerned him the most.

“We can’t control the outcome, but we can control the level of fight that we put into it, and we should fight him tooth and nail,” Ellison said. “He was so racist, he couldn’t even be confirmed as a federal judge back in the 1980s.”

Ellison is currently running to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Watch the interview below:

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  1. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Absolutely correct! Trump has been using this kind of scapegoating and messianic blather ever since he declared his candidacy for President. He is genuinely dangerous!

  2. Trump: If I was a dictator, he wouldnt be around to speak to anyone.
    FOX: Would that be a bad thing?
    Putin: NO.

  3. Avatar for tena tena says:

    It’s times like this when I’m really glad nobody in Europe or anywhere else takes Italy seriously. Maybe we can avoid a humiliating exchange before I fly to Rome in May.

    [poundingforeheadonkeyboard]

  4. Ellison was asked about Trump’s attempt to blame a judge who temporarily halted his immigration executive order for any attacks that could happen afterward.

    sorry… I still blame the person that instituted the ISIS recruiting policy… the buck stops with you Cowgirl…

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