Opinion | Trump’s anti-Somali rhetoric is repugnant. Minnesota leaders’ silence is worse.
- Posted on December 14, 2025
- By Star Tribune
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Opinion | Trump’s anti-Somali rhetoric is repugnant. Minnesota leaders’ silence is worse.

Rep. Tom Emmer and House Speaker Lisa Demuth know the truth about their Somali constituents. But in today’s GOP, they are trading courage for political survival, Mukhtar M. Ibrahim writes.