Keith Ellison Quotes
Here's what I'm saying, that there is now ongoing a post-mortem review of what could have gone better [during Hillary Clinton campaign] and what mistakes may have been made.
Ellison, Keith. Interview by Steve Inskeep. Morning Edition, NPR, 22 Nov. 2016.
Greenspan, and his huge staff of economists all completely missed predicting the Meltdown of 2008. They had the power to regulate many of the banks and other companies that got into trouble in the Great Recession. However, all the financiers and economists of the banks of America with their staffs, not only missed the predictions but recommended the disastrous course of activity that almost destroyed the nation’s economy. Only a handful of economists predicted the Meltdown. Those few were not connected with any of the banks or any of the government bank regulators which had become so much like each other as the result of the revolving door, that there was little difference in their thinking.
Keith Maurice Ellison is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th Attorney General of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2019. He also served as the titular Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2018. In Congress, Ellison was a vice-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a Chief Deputy Whip. He also sat on the House Committee on Financial Services. Ellison was the first Muslim to be elected to Congress and the first African American representative from Minnesota.
