Minneapolis Will Prove Its Better than Trumps Sick Somali Smear
News Source : The New Republic
News Summary
- On December 2, Donald Trump denounced Minnesota’s Somalis as “garbage.” It is hardly surprising that Trump reviled the Somalis: African, Muslim, and dark-skinned, they provide a veritable trifecta for presidential bigotry.
- Trump levied his broadside in the aftermath of a genuine scandal, in which a largely Somali nongovernmental organization in Minnesota defrauded the federal government of $250 million meant for providing meals during the pandemic lockdowns.
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