That’s cold.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appeared to have a seriously lukewarm reaction to fellow Minnesotan Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race on Monday.
In a tweet Monday, Ellison congratulated Klobuchar for her “participation” and thanked her for her run in the Democratic presidential primary.
Thanks for your run @amyklobuchar. Congratulations on your participation. https://t.co/0TEDlbU3hO
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) March 2, 2020
Ellison, who represented Minnesota in the U.S. Congress before becoming attorney general in the state, has long been a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders. Ellison endorsed Sanders in his 2016 campaign, and endorsed him once again last summer. Speaking to the Star Tribune in June 2019, Ellison said: “I definitely appreciate and admire Senator Klobuchar, I’m very proud of the work she’s done.” But he made clear he is firmly in Sanders’ camp.
Earlier Monday, Klobuchar’s campaign told the Associated Press that she plans to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden and will attend his rally in Dallas, Texas on the eve of Super Tuesday.
TPM reached out to Ellison and Klobuchar’s campaign for comment. We will update this post if we hear back.
Bernie is set to get his own participation trophy soon.
What is wrong with these “Bernie” followers?
But it will be from the other team…
Once again, very poor journalistic (or maybe purposely) omission of an important FACT by a TPM “editor”.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is the Co-Chair of Bernie Sanders campaign in Minnesota, and was his campaign chair in 2016.
Conveniently left out of the article? or you just don’t care anymore?
I am trying to figure out what is wrong with his tweet. I guess TPM writers have to write about something even if it is nothing.
Ellison is a Sanders supporter. What did he do wrong from that perspective.