Going to focus on the Fifth Congressional District.
"The message he sends as he walks into Congress: [His religion is] not a barrier. He's the Jackie Robinson. The rest now is up to him."
"That's a bit of hyperbole, isn't it? I think he was just worried about playing baseball, trying to get a hit. I think six minutes after I'm there, it's not going to be an issue. I'll do my thing on Friday [the weekly Muslim holy day] and make prayer when I need to."
A quote from Arab American Institute president James Zogby on Minnesota state Rep. Keith Ellison, who just became the nation's first Muslim congressman, followed by an Ellison reaction quote to Zogby's comparison in Rochelle Olson's Minneapolis Star-Tribune article "New representative Ellison does double duty"
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