Commentary: Bigotry against Somali Minnesota voters was a losing strategy

By: J. Patrick Coolican

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 851

Last Updated: 3 days, 7 hours ago

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President Donald Trump has called Somali Americans “garbage.” He’s said they are “low IQ” but somehow also the “number one buyers of Mercedes-Benz and BMWs.”

This was not surprising, if you know Trump’s history. The Nixon administration successfully sued Trump and his father — Trump is a nepo baby, bigly — for systematically discriminating against Black and Puerto Rican renters as part of their vast outer borough real estate …

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