It’s hardly surprising that many in Minnesota’s Somali community went MAGA and voted for Donald Trump in 2024. After all, if you’re a religious conservative opposed to LGBTQ rights, skeptical of feminism, and want to promote faith and family traditions while preserving a right to worship, why would you vote for Kamala Harris?
All that, together with the Democrats’ open and unapologetic support of the Gaza Genocide, saw an all-too predictable swell of Trump support among Somali Americans. But, after the last few months, it’s safe to say Somali-American Trump voters may be feeling a little buyer’s remorse.
Insulting, belittling, and slandering Somali-Americans is one of Trump’s favorite pastimes, having realized they’re an ethnic minority he can get away with victimizing. Trump recently described Somalia as “maybe a fourth-world nation” and accused every Somali-American of being a thief.
Now he’s continued beating that drum, singling them out for more hate straight from the bully pulpit:
Trump: "In Minnesota, it's very Somalia-oriented. These people come from a crooked country, disgusting country, one of the worst countries in the world. They come to our country — low IQs — and they rob us blind. Stupid people, and they rob us blind." pic.twitter.com/2TRhf2gAMn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2026
“In the case of Minnesota, it’s very Somalia-oriented. Think of it. These people come from a crooked country, disgusting country, one of the worst countries in the world. Acknowledged to be one of the worst countries in the world. Some people say it’s the worst. They have no money, they have nothing. They come to our country – low IQs – and they rob us blind. Stupid people, and they rob us blind. Because we have crooked politicians and we have dirty cops.”
This is boilerplate fascist rhetoric: blaming your problems on a minority who are apparently simultaneously weak, stupid, and disgusting, but also cunning, sneaky, and smart enough to undermine society.
“Something should be done about him.”
In times past, a senior politician – let alone the president – dismissing a nationality as having “low IQs” would be met with stunned horror. It’s race science. Literal Nazi stuff. But, I guess, with Trump, this just blends into the general background of nightmarish horror he delivers.
But wait, it gets worse. Trump went on to openly threaten Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison:
“The attorney general’s a dirty cop. That’s my opinion. It’s only my opinion. And something should be done about him.”
In 1170, King Henry II expressed similar sentiments about Archbishop Thomas Becket, saying, “Oh, won’t someone rid me of this turbulent priest?” This wasn’t given as an explicit order, but four knights heard him and promptly killed Becket.
Nowadays, the kind of comment Trump made is generally understood as a way for a leader to claim plausible deniability while ordering violence from their followers. In Trump’s case, those followers are highly armed and extremely stupid, so he’s basically painting a target on a government official’s back and telling them to go after him.
It’s at this point that the 49.6% of Minnesota voters who went MAGA are realizing they’ve bitten off more than they can chew. Their state has already suffered the depravities of ICE, leaving two innocent Americans dead and countless more seriously maimed. Now, Trump is openly threatening violence against their democratically elected officials and spouting straight-up Hitler beliefs.
It’s not going to end well.
Published: Mar 27, 2026 05:44 am