LIVE: Minnesota Somali Leaders Endorse Trump for President

                       

There's only one comment I can make: Hell is freezing over!

Not sure that this endorsement will be enough to move Minnesota into the Republican column, though.

Minnesota has remained that elusive prize for Republicans since 1972, the last time that a Republican nominee won the state's electoral votes (Richard Nixon, and even then, it was a close 51% to 48%).

Reagan never won Minnesota.

I have my concerns:

1. They talked about how they want to end the war, presumably the war in Gaza. Does this mean that Trump will start abandoning Israel, start moving away from pushing for more Abraham Accords?

2. Islam is a religion of deception. No one can deny that, since so much of the Quran urges deception in the furtherance of Islam. Yet, if these voters are willing to take the risk and speak up in support of Donald Trump, I can accept that.

3. As I have written and shared before, more Muslims are pushing against the extremism of Jihad and Sharia Law. Many Muslims believe that Israel has a right to exist, and they reject the terrorism of Islam. But are there enough of them in this country to speak out against terrorism?

4. I respect the fact that these Somalis want a safer America. They are tired of the crime, they are tired of the lack of safety, and they are tired of their needs and concerns being ignored. However, how many of them voted for Ilhan Omar in the Minnesota primary earlier this year?

5. I am not surprised that one of the members, who had supported Bernie Sanders, came forward to support Donald Trump. Many Berniecrats switched their votes to Trump because he was a populist just like Bernie. That does not mean that they are more conservative than they were in the past.

The Berniecrat also sounded off on the stolen nomination which replaced Biden with Kamala Harris, who did not win one delegate in 2020 or 2024.

6. Many of the Somalis are still upset with President Obama (and Biden) for their strikes on Somalia. I hope that more voters expect to see peace around the world, and they respect that Israel is not the source of evil and military trauma in the world.

I think more voters always help, but I wonder if this late endorsement will be enough to turn Minnesota red. Will it at least force the Democratic Party to spend more money in Minnesota, and thus spend less money in swing states?

I can say this month: I did not have "Somali Muslims for Trump" on my 2024 Political Bingo card!