Last July, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., went on ABC News and warned Americans that Donald Trump had a real shot at winning the primary.

On June 22, Michael J. Hudson published a tweet for the ages. "hell yeah benihana up in this bitch," it reads, with an attached image of some chicken cooking directly on an electric range. Yesterday, the office of Rep. Keith Ellison retweeted it.

This is probably not the "YouTube moment" that IRA Rep. Peter King wanted for his big Islamic radicalization hearings today. It's Rep. Keith Ellison, a Muslim, breaking down while telling the story about a Muslim first responder who gave his life on 9/11. King, meanwhile, started his day by revealing that he's been under police protection for months because of an "overseas threat against him."

Lynne Torgerson—who is running against Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), a popular, well-respected U.S. Congressman—wants to stop the "globalization of Islam" and "Ellison [who] is a Muslim." She cites 9/11, Fort Hood, and the book Muslim Mafia as evidence.

Ok. We'll try to make this one quick, but there is some background.