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Addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota, [Rep.] Keith Ellison [D-MN]... compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. This was probably burned down by the Nazis in order to justify Hitler’s later seizure of emergency powers.

“It’s almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that,” Mr Ellison said. “After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted.”

To applause from his audience of 300 members of Atheists for Human Rights, Mr Ellison said he would not accuse the Bush administration of planning 9/11 because “you know, that’s how they put you in the nut-ball box - dismiss you”. -- The [UK] Telegraph

Gee, I didn't, either. Wonder why?

UPDATE 070718 22:50: After a almost a week^[1] the national MSM finally noticed, and now he's made a non-apology apology:

“In hindsight, I wouldn’t have used that reference point,” Ellison told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday. “It was probably inappropriate to use that example, because it’s a unique historical event, without really any clear parallels.” -- Associated Press story via Yahoo! news [bolding mine - o.g.]

^[1] First (local) coverage of the event was on July 8th.
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Original and update via LGF.

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