Darfur ‘genocide’ raging five years on, GOP calls Ellison protest ‘unbecoming’
By Paul Schmelzer |
04.28.09 | 5:59 pm
Minnesota GOP chair Ron Carey calls Rep. Keith Ellison’s arrest during a Darfur protest Monday “unbecoming” of the office. But Ellison and his fellow protesters weren’t alone: Their action comes almost exactly three years after a similar set of arrests by Democratic legislators over the same issue – and nearly five years after a unanimous House vote declared the killing in Darfur “genocide.” Given the lack of change in Darfur, who can blame him for waiting around for more “becoming” methods?
Rep. Keith Ellison was among 
