Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran -- especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.
Yet the holy book at tomorrow's ceremony has an unassailably all-American provenance. We've learned that the new congressman -- in a savvy bit of political symbolism -- will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
You may remember Virgil Goode's bigoted tirade against Rep. Keith Ellison using the Koran at his Congressional swearing in. He's just been made to look more foolish. Ellison will be using unserious terrorist loving Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran.
Note to Goode... sit in the back of Congress and keep your mouth shut, you'll get pwned far less often this way.
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