{"id":411247,"date":"2025-11-28T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/411247\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:45:26","slug":"trump-targets-gov-walz-with-slur-attacks-rep-omar-and-minnesotas-somali-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/411247\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump targets Gov. Walz with slur, attacks Rep. Omar and Minnesota’s Somali community"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an invective posted to the Truth Social platform<\/a> on Thanksgiving, President Trump used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump also used racially and religiously prejudiced language against Rep. Ilhan Omar and said Somali refugees are “completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota.”<\/p>\n

Walz responded to Mr. Trump’s insult on X, saying only, “Release the MRI results” \u2014 a reference to Mr. Trump’s comments last month that he had an MRI during a recent checkup<\/a> and received “perfect” results.<\/p>\n

WCCO reached out to Walz’s office for comment and was directed to the post above. WCCO has also asked Omar’s office for a statement.<\/p>\n

Walz unsuccessfully campaigned opposite Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance as Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election. \u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Mr. Trump also ordered all green cards from Somalia<\/a> and 18 other countries be reexamined. Days earlier, he said he would terminate temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota<\/a>, claiming, without evidence, that “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great state.”<\/p>\n

Somali leaders in the state<\/a>, as well as Democratic lawmakers and advocates<\/a>, have spoken out against Mr. Trump’s attacks on the community. Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the U.S., roughly\u00a080,000<\/a>, according to Minnesota Compass, a project of Wilder Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump also said late Thursday night he would suspend immigration<\/a> “from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.” The president did not clarify when such a move might take effect or how the pause would be implemented. He also did not disclose which countries would fall under such a designation.<\/p>\n

CBS News has reached out to the White House for clarification.<\/p>\n

The latest escalation of the Trump administration’s stance on immigration comes after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members<\/a> in Washington, D.C., killing one of them and leaving the other critically wounded.<\/p>\n

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Caroline Cummings<\/a>, <\/p>\n

Camilo Montoya-Galvez<\/a>, <\/p>\n

Ahmad Mukhtar<\/a>, <\/p>\n

Jennifer Jacobs<\/a> and <\/p>\n

Faris Tanyos<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

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