US president goes on racist tirade against lawmaker and Somali Americans, alleging fraud in industry
Donald Trump took further aim at Minnesota’s Democratic governor Tim Walz and the Somali American representative Ilhan Omar on Wednesday in the wake of his administration’s decision to freeze federal childcare funding to their state.
“Much of the Minnesota Fraud, up to 90%, is caused by people that came into our Country, illegally, from Somalia,” Trump alleged in a post on Truth Social, calling Omar “an ungrateful loser who only complains and never contributes, is one of the many scammers”.
Trump continued his tirade against the representative, repeating a smear that Omar had married her brother: “Lowlifes like this can only be a liability to our Country’s greatness. Send them back from where they came, Somalia, perhaps the worst, and most corrupt, country on earth.”
The president continued: “Tim Waltz of Minnesota is a Crooked Governor!!!” and sought to tie California in with his criticism of Minnesota.
