In a stunning development this weekend, a group of Somali leaders in Minnesota held a press conference and endorsed Donald Trump for president. Minnesota has the largest Somali community in the country.
The speakers at the press conference cite the same issues that we have heard from every corner of the country, including crippling inflation, freedom of speech, and failing schools.
Minnesota has not gone red in a presidential election since Nixon in 1972, so the chances of that happening again are slim, but that does not take away from the gravity of this endorsement.
Ward Clark of RedState provides a couple of key quotes from the speakers:
Most importantly, the left left us. 33 percent of our kids cannot read – cannot read at grade level. Minnesota in education? We are failing in every standard. 8th graders – 60 percent cannot do math at grade level. These are our kids. We are talking about economic conditions here. Our conditions is (sic) horrible. We can’t afford anything. As working-class and middle-class people. Now please understand this, we love our brothers and sisters who are Democrats, but you left us. And because the left left us, join the right, and vote for Trump, 2024.I’m a person of deep Muslim faith. I have Abrahamic religion. I love my Jewish brothers and sisters. I love my Christian brothers and sisters. People come from different communities and backgrounds. We’re all the same. We live in a country where we should be working together. Not hurting each other, not defaming each other. We should be protecting the rights of every person to speak. Because today if I am supporting the censorship of a segment of this country, guess what, tomorrow I will be censored too. And I don’t want that for myself or for my family. And that’s why, it’s surprising to say, Trump is kind of an a**hole. He says a lot of things, he’s not the nicest person in the room, he’s not going to sugar-coat things for you. But guess what, the four years he was president, nothing happened to me personally. I was safe, this community was safe. This country was safe.
Watch these clips:
You can watch the entire press conference below:
It’s fun to think about the possibility of Trump flipping Minnesota, no matter how unlikely it may be. It would be a massive embarrassment to the Democrats and particularly the Harris campaign, given her running mate is the sitting governor of the state.
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