54 Democrat Members of Congress Sign Muslim Brotherhood Sponsored Letter

Spearheaded by Congressman Keith Ellison (in image), 54 members of the United States Congress, all Democrats, signed on to a Muslim Brotherhood-sponsored letter demanding that Israel open its borders to Hamas-run Gaza. of course, Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization, even by the Arabist US State Department. The names read like the who's-who of Congress' craziest members:

* John Conyers - 14th district
* John Dingell - 15th district
* Carolyn Kilpatrick - 13th district

Minnesota

* Keith Ellison - 5th district - challenger Barb Davis
* Betty McCollum - 4th district - challenger Ed Matthews
* James Oberstar - 8th district - multiple challengers

New Jersey

* Donald Payne - 10th district -
* Rush Holt - 12th district - challenger Mike Halfacre and Scott Sipprelle
* Bill Pascrell - 8th district - challenger Danielle Staub

New York

* Yvette Clarke - 11th district
* Maurice Hinchey - 22nd district - challenger George Philips
* Paul 'taxin' Tonko - 21st district - challenger Arthur Welser
* Eric Massa - 29th district - challenger Tom Reed (in a GOP district)

North Carolina

* David Price - 4th district - challengers George Hutchins, Lawson and Frank Roche

Ohio

* Mary Jo Kilroy - 15th district - challengers John Adams and Senator Stivers
* Marcy Kaptur - 9th district

Oregon

* Earl Blumenauer -3rd district
* Peter DeFazio - 4th district - challenger Sid Leiken

Pennsylvania

* Chaka Fattah - 2nd district
* Joe Sestak - 7th district - challenger Patrick Meehan and Dawn Steisland

Vermont

* Peter Welch - 1st district

Virginia

* Jim Moran - 8th district - challengers Matthew Berry , Mark Ellmore, J Patrick Murray

Washington

* Jim McDermott - 7th district
* Adam Smith - 9th district - challengers Dick Muri and James Postma
* Jay Inslee - 1st district - challenger James Watkins
* Brian Baird - 3rd district - challengers David Castillo, David Hedrick and Jon Russell

West Virginia

* Nick Rahall - 3rd district - challengers Lee Bias, Gary Gearheart and Conrad Lucas

Wisconsin

* Tammy Baldwin -2nd district - Tim Terenz
* Gwen Moore - 4th district - challenger Dan Sebring

Virginia

* Glenn Nye - 2nd district - challengers Ben Loyola, Ken Golden, Ed Maulbeck, Bert Misuzawa, Scott Rigell and Scott W Taylor