Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Minnesota congresswoman, has said Donald Trump is lashing out at her and her community with bigotry because he “knows he is failing”.
The US president dismissed Somali Americans earlier this week as “garbage” in a racist rant.
Omar, a Democrat, made the observation in a personal essay published by the New York Times praising the resilience of Somali Americans and condemning the Trump administration for its promise to send federal agents to Minneapolis and elsewhere in her state for immigration enforcement raids.
“The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attenti
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