'The Young Turks' founder and leader of the Justice Democrats Cenk Uygur invites Rep. Keith Ellison to leave the Democratic National Committee and be the leaders of the Justice Democrats after the Minnesota Congressman lost his bid for DNC chair to Secretary Tom Perez. He says Ellison will be used as the "face of the party" as deputy chair and will have no decision-making power.



The Justice Democrats are a progressive coalition within the Democratic Party formed as a result of the 2016 United States presidential election. It was founded by Cenk Uygur, Kyle Kulinski of 'Secular Talk' and former Bernie Sanders aides.



Via 'The Young Turks':





Cenk Uygur has a request for Rep. Keith Ellison, after the Minnesota Congressman lost his bid for DNC chair to Secretary Tom Perez. On Monday’s show, The Young Turks, Uygur tells his audience to back a petition asking Ellison to leave the DNC explaining that as deputy chair he won’t be part of the decision making process but will only be used as the ‘face of the party.’



Uygur rails against the DNC choosing another person from the “Centrist” wing of the party and starting a “whisper” campaign against Ellison when people are clearly tired of the party’s ‘same old’ strategy. He points out that a resolution to ban lobbyist donations to the DNC was defeated further cementing their image as, “...the corporate party, as the establishment party, as the status quo party,” despite losing the Presidential race to Donald Trump.



Uygur says the election of Perez demonstrates their unwillingness to change strategies.



“Right now, no, we don’t trust you,” Uygur says, pointing out the Democrats’ continuous loss of seats since 2009, “And you doubled down on that strategy.”



“You don’t know what you’re doing.”



Uygur criticizes the party for perpetuating an image of corruption and a pro-business agenda when people have illustrated support for progressive ideas.



With that, Uygur invites Ellison to become the chair of Justice Democrats - a new wing of the Democratic party that will only accept small donations.



“I know that’s a big ask...but it’s on us to take action.”



Uygur adds, “Stop wasting anymore time letting these establishment Democrats run races, which they have shown over and over again that they do not know how to run.”