Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night toggled between being remarkably dull and profoundly racist. During a screed against undocumented immigrants, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shouted at Trump, yelling, “You have killed Americans,” and “You should be ashamed.”
— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) February 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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A 23-year-old US citizen was detained by ICE for two days. During the arrest, she was called a racial slur and suffered a concussion.
— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 24, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"What I think is lacking is, was there even an attempt made to try to verify the accuracy of what he was saying, or did they simply take him at his word?" says University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley about a recent video made accusing Somali-owned day care centers of fraud.
— MPR News (@mprnews.org) December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Students walked out of school at Burnsville High School in Minnesota to protest Trump’s ICE gestapo terrorizing their community….the kids are alright 💪! "NO MORE ICE! NO MORE ICE!"
— WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Trump: "I've announced a permanent pause on third-world migration…I didn't say 'shit hole,' you did…We had a meeting and I said, 'Why is it we only take people from shit hole countries. Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few.…But we always take people from Somalia."
— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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