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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2269

Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office.

Ellison’s office called the Capitol Hill Police on Tancredo last Wednesday night as Tancredo was in his office smoking a cigar. The lawmakers have neighboring offices on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building.

Tancredo was still stunned a day later. “It’s very bizarre,” said Tancredo, who has never met Ellison. “Seemed to me not a good way to say hello.”

And let’s face it. Calling the cops on a colleague takes the cake for the nerviest behavior so far among members of this year’s freshman class of Congress.

This is how it all went down. On Wednesday evening, around 6 p.m., Tancredo was preparing for his trip to Mississippi. And as he so often does, he was unwinding with a cigar.

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http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/021407/tancredo.html

marcy · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 93

It's nice to see the congressman working for us, I guess he was to busy reading the koran to get off his hind quarters to go stop by the office and chat with Tom, nice waste of taxpaper money for the police to be involved too, Way to go- Let's see his next act.