Keith Ellison: “If I were to say the words radical Islamist terrorists, it wouldn't…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2016

If I were to say the words radical Islamist terrorists, it wouldn't stop--it wouldn't make ISIS vanish.

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Argues that naming terrorists doesn't eliminate the threat they pose.

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Keith Ellison: “If I were to say the words radical Islamist terrorists, it wouldn't stop--it wouldn't make ISIS vanish.”