and now Minnesota’s attorney general, the aftermath of Sept. 11 was not all feel-good flag waving and national unity. The attacks also set off a wave of Islamophobia that he believes affects politics and law enforcement to this day.
Ellison ran for the Legislature for the first time in 2002 because he “felt an urgency of service” after 9/11. with hate mail and attacks, mostly by Republicans for whom hostility toward Muslims became a central post-Sept. 11 campaign theme.“Every single Republican opponent I had tried to make my religion an issue,” said Ellison, now 58.
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