Minnesota Dem Goes On Unhinged Rant Defending Somalis From Trump

Minnesota’s leftist Democratic Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan erupted against President Trump, launching a broadside that sounded more like a social media influencer’s meltdown than the words of a sitting state executive.

After Trump scorched Minnesota’s Somali community over allegations of massive welfare fraud and ties to terrorism, Flanagan posted on Instagram to sneer: “You know, this vile, racist stream of consciousness from a President ‘Old Man Yells At Cloud,’ you’re disgusting.”  She filmed herself cruising down Lake Street — the heart of the local Somali community — praising it as “beautiful,” “the fabric of our state,” and promising to “stand shoulder to shoulder” with immigrants “no matter what.”

On November 21, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity. I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota. Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!”

For Flanagan, Trump’s blunt warning about fraud and exploitation was “vile” simply because it offends progressive sensibilities. Yet what Trump highlighted has been meticulously documented. During Governor Tim Walz’s tenure, billions in taxpayer funds have vanished into fake nonprofits and shell companies, much of it allegedly tied to Somali-run operations that have misused Medicaid and housing aid. Confidential law enforcement sources have confirmed that some of the stolen money has made its way to Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked terror group destabilizing East Africa. As one independent contractor investigating the scandal put it, “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”

Instead of reckoning with that shocking reality or demanding accountability for the theft and possible terrorism financing under her own administration, Flanagan turned her indignation on Trump. It’s a deflection pattern that’s become her political brand.

Flanagan’s outrage over Trump also fits neatly with her history of progressive posturing. In 2023, Flanagan boasted about signing Minnesota’s “Trans Refuge Bill” and other radical measures as proof her state championed “love” and “freedom.”

After a transgender-identifying shooter tore through a Minneapolis Catholic school earlier this year, Flanagan was reminded that she once wore a “Protect Trans Kids” shirt featuring a dagger graphic. Flanagan was absolutely shredded online with comments like these:

Their blood is on your hands. You gave this death cult sanctuary.

Culpable. It’s on your watch with your encouragement.

You cannot escape responsibility for this no matter what platitudes you post. You own this.

“terrifying act of violence.” So carefully sterilized, as if it were just some random person attacking other random people. No mention of “hate”–one of your favorite words for every act of humanity you don’t like, even though we already know it was entirely about hate. Hate that people such as yourself–in a position of leadership for an entire state of Americans–have ENCOURAGED.

Flanagan’s fury isn’t about defending Minnesota’s integrity; it’s about defending a narrative. Faced with evidence of shocking corruption and chaos under her party’s watch, she found it easier to lash out at Trump than confront the rot at home.