Rep. Keith Ellison: Attempting to test just how safe his seat is? Congressman calls his debate opponent a "scumbag."(!) bringmethenews.com/2012/10/18/scu…
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Kevin Featherly (@kevinfeatherly) October 18, 2012Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) blew into the news cycle after referring to his Republican opponent as a “low-life scumbag,” “gutter dweller,” and “real stupid” in a debate today.
Holy pete, Keith Ellison really did call Chris Fields a lowlife scumbag? This'll be interesting.—
Kevin Watterson (@kwatt) October 18, 2012
Democrat Ellison erupts in tirade, calls Veteran Chris Fields "low-life scumbag" and "gutter dweller." #tcot #stribpol
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Andrew Madsen (@LibertyCavalier) October 18, 2012
@kwatt keith ellison is a piece of work himself. if i had to keep it PG.—
Matt (@mcdillon27) October 18, 2012
Hey @keithellison. Calling your opponent a “lowlife scumbag,” twice, and a “real gutter-dweller" during a debate? How Congressional of you.—
Eric (@eriContrarian) October 18, 2012
Scumbag terror apologist Keith Ellison(D-CAIR) calls debate opponent "scumbag" mediaite.com/online/democra… New Civility—
(@DANEgerus) October 18, 2012
Ellison later issued a statement apologizing, but not before it blew up into a national story. Minnesota’s fifth district is so blue that the Democrats could nominate Daffy Duck and still win, but this might be a little worse than anything Daffy could conjure up.