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Jeremiah Ellison

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Jeremiah Ellison is an artist, organizer and former Minneapolis City Council member. He represented Ward 5 on the city's North Side and was a 2026 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Jeremiah Ellison on 2026 Midterm Elections, Antisemitism, and Media, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jeremiah Ellison

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Jeremiah Ellison

Role at the time: Former Minneapolis City Council member

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Statement summary

Ellison calls the Piker event a potential non-issue and tells critics they can decline to attend.

“This Piker event had the potential to be a complete non-issue. One fringe-failed statewide candidate said something. Cool. Who cares? Don’t like Hasan? Cool! Don’t attend! But helping Republicans blow up this nothing-burger feels immature from a party as experienced as the DFL.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Jeremiah Ellison responds to the controversy over the Piker eventThis Piker event had
Why we used this label

Relative to the invitation to Piker, Ellison minimizes the controversy as a non-issue and criticizes Democrats for amplifying it. He does not address the merits of Piker's disputed remarks.

Read statementIlhan Omar's campaign defends Hasan Piker event as Angie Craig and Jacob Frey object

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