Keith Ellison shows his petty side.

Politics: Above all the stuff about him being Muslim, the guy comes off as a do as I demand arrogant twit.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office. Ellison’s office called the Capitol Hill Police on Tancredo last Wednesday night as Tancredo was in his office smoking a cigar. The lawmakers have neighboring offices on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building. Tancredo was still stunned a day later. “It’s very bizarre,” said Tancredo, who has never met Ellison. “Seemed to me not a good way to say hello.” And let’s face it. Calling the cops on a colleague takes the cake for the nerviest behavior so far among members of this year’s freshman class of Congress.

Tancredo wasn't amused.

Tancredo said he would not stop smoking in his office. “Heck, no!” he said. “If he [Ellison] would have [had] the courtesy to say something I’m sure I would have been more accommodating to his wishes.” To help keep his office free of impurities, Tancredo has three air purifiers. And he has no plans to meet Ellison anytime soon. “I’m sure we will, but I’m not going to make a point [of it],” the presidential hopeful said, adding that he supported Ellison’s right to be sworn in with the Quran. Ellison’s press secretary, Rick Jauert, made the call to the Superintendent’s office when he noticed the smoke. “I called because the smoke was coming through the walls,” Jauert said, adding that the Superintendent’s office referred him to the Capitol Police. Jauert said he then informed his boss what he had done. He said “fine,” Jauert said. “He’s complained of the smoke before.”

What kind of shoddy walls do they have in the congress offices that one guy smoking a cigar can go thru it? According to Ellison's personal press office the Minny Star Tribune, Ellison did get around to talking to Tancredo's chief of staff.

Espinosa said Tancredo smokes in his office about once every other week, usually in the evening because smoking in the Speaker's lobby near the chamber is banned. Espinosa said Ellison later talked to Tancredo's chief of staff about how the smoke was distracting. This is the first time something like this has happened in Tancredo's eight years on the Hill, Espinosa said. "We found it kind of humorous," he said. He also said the complaint would have been a nonissue had it been delivered to Tancredo's office rather than the police. "It was definitely a bit of an overreaction on their part," he said.

Considering Tancredo can smoke in his office, the freshman congressman can just move his stuff to another office if he is too sensitive about it.