>>> NOW, MINNESOTA'S SOMALI COMMUNITY IS THE LATEST FOCUS OF DONALD TRUMP'S WAR ON IMMIGRANTS.

LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT LET LOOSE OPENLY USING AN -- >> WHY IS IT WE ONLY TAKE PEOPLE FROM [ BLEEP ] COUNTRY IES?

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM NORWAY, SWEDEN?

LET US HAVE A FEW.

FROM DENMARK.

DO YOU MIND SENDING US?

SEND US SOME NICE PEOPLE.

DO YOU MIND?

WE ALWAYS TAKE PEOPLE FROM SOMALIA, PLACES THAT ARE A DISASTER.

RIGHT?

FILTHY, DIRTY, DISGUSTING, RID WITHIN CRIME.

THE ONLY THING THEY ARE GOOD AT IS GOING AFTER SHIPS.

>> THIS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A XENOPHOBIC TIRADE.

IT COMES AMID A CRACKDOWN BY I.C.E.

AGENTS IN MINNESOTA.

DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR ZAYNAB MOHAMED CAME TO THE U.S.

AS A CHILD.

SHE'S JOINED BY HARI SREENIVASAN.

>> YOU ARE A STATE SENATOR.

YOU ARE REPRESENTING ALL MINNESOTANS.

YOU ARE REPRESENTING FROM A STATE THAT HAS ABOUT 80,000 SOMALIS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP, DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE SAID, QUOTE, I DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE COULD GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THE WRONG WAY IF WE KEEP TAKING IN GARBAGE INTO OUR COUNTRY.

AS NOT JUST A STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE, BUT AS A SOMALI IMMIGRANT, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD THIS?

>> I WAS SAD.

INCREDIBLY SAD.

I WASN'T SHOCKED COMING FROM WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST YEARS AND SEEING THE PRESIDENT TARGET OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.

I WASN'T SHOCKED.

I WAS REALLY DEEPLY DISTURBED BY IT.

SAD FOR MY COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO DEAL WITH THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD TO CALL THEM GARBAGE.

>> THERE'S ALSO AT THE SAME TIME BEEN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CALLED METRO SURGE.

WHITE HOUSE BORDER CZAR SAID, WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A LARGE ILLEGAL SOMALI COMMUNITY AND A LARGE ILLEGAL ALIEN COMMUNITY THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO ARREST EVERY ILLEGAL AIL THAN WE FIND THERE.

CAN YOU JUST HELP US PUT IN PERSPECTIVE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE, NUMBERS OF UNDOCUMENTED SOMALIS ARE IN MINNESOTA?

>> IT'S NOT MANY.

THE MAJORITY HAVE -- ARE UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR THEY ARE NATURALIZED CITIZENS.

THEY ARE BORN HERE.

THEY ARE EITHER NATURALIZED CITIZENS, OFTEN FOR A SECOND, EVEN THIRD GENERATION AMERICANS.

WE DON'T HAVE MANY FOLKS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

WE HAVE ABOUT 700 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE ON TEMPORARY STATUS, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, WHICH IS -- THEY ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE MANY NUMBERS IN TERMS OF UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES, FOLKS IN MINNESOTA, WHEN IT COMES -- >> EVEN IN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SOMALIA IN THE COUNTRY, LET'S SAY THERE'S 400 OF THE TPS RECIPIENTS IN MINNESOTA, THE PRESIDENT SAID ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT HE WAS TERMINATING EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS OF TPS PROGRAM FOR SOMALIS IN MINNESOTA.

DO YOU THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

>> I THINK THEY WILL TRY.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WHAT THEY THINK IS THERE ARE LARGE NUMBERS OF SOMALIS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR THE MAJORITY IS ON TPS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IS THAT THESE FOLKS ARE CITIZENS, BORN HERE, THEY ARE NATURALIZED.

LET'S SAY ALL OF THEM LIVE IN MINNESOTA.

700 OUT OF 80,000 ARE NOT THAT MANY.

THEY ARE FLEEING WAR AND FAMINE.

WE HAVE GRANTED THEM SAFETY.

HE IS TAKING THAT AWAY.

IT SPEAKS TO HIS LEADERSHIP AND THE FACT IT'S BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO THE AMERICAN CITIZENS.

>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE OPERATION THAT YOU AND MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE WITNESSED HERE?

>> I.C.E.

AGENTS CAME HERE IN THE HUNDREDS LAST MONDAY.

IT'S BEEN A WEEK.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT SO FAR THEY HAVE DETAINED 19 PEOPLE OUT OF THAT ONLY FIVE ARE SOMALI.

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE NOT JUST TARGETING UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WHAT'S WORN TO NOTE HERE.

THEY ARE TARGETING UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

THEY HAVE DETAINED PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN HERE.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE GOING UP TO PEOPLE, AS LONG YOU LOOK LIKE AN IMMIGRANT, THEY ARE STOPPING YOU.

WE TEACH PEOPLE TO CARRY THEIR PASSPORT I.D.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WANTED WAS TO SEE UNDOCUMENTED SOMALIS.

THERE ISN'T.

THEY ARE BEING AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE WAS A LOCAL NEWS REPORT, I THINK IT'S ON FOX 9 OF A SOMALI WOMAN WHO WAS ARRESTED WHILE RUNNING ERRAND.

>> SHE'S BORN IN MINNESOTA.

RAISED HERE.

HAS BEEN HERE HER ENTIRE LIFE.

SHE WAS RUNNING ERRANDS ON A REGULAR DAY.

TWO CARS WITH I.C.E.

AGENTS ZIP TIED HER.

DETAINED HER FOR 24 HOURS.

IN THAT PROCESS, SHE TOLD HER STORY TO THE NEWS THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

HER FAMILY IS SPEAKING UP.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOT OPERATING UNDER THE LAW.

THEY ARE NOT HERE TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

THEY ARE HERE TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, TO ANTAGONIZE THEM AND TO CREATE FEAR.

THEY ARE DOING THAT.

>> WE SHOULD NOTE IN THIS CASE, DHS TOLD FOX 9 IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT IT COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE INCIDENT WITHOUT FURTHER INFORMATION.

WHEN YOU SEE STORIES LIKE THIS ON THE NEWS OR FROM MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE OVERALL KIND OF ATMOSPHERE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY FEELS?

>> I MEAN, JUST ACROSS THE STATE, IT DOESN'T FEEL NORMAL, BECAUSE IN A NORMAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL MAYORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD KNOW WHAT I.C.E.

IS DOING, WHY THEY ARE THERE, WHO THEY'RE TARGETING, FOR WHAT REASON THEY ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

THEY ARE COMING HERE IN A HOSTILE AND INVADING TO TRY TO INVADE THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

I THINK IT IS REALLY SCARY.

WHAT IT IS CREATING FOR US AS MINNESOTANS IS, IT'S MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THESE FOLKS ARE NOT HERE TO ENFORCE OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS.

THESE FOLKS ARE HERE TO SCARE US, TO CREATE US VERSUS THEM MENTALITY.

PEOPLE ARE UNITING.

THEY ARE PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CITIZENS, WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE IMMIGRANTS OR FROM IMMIGRATION BACKGROUND.

>> WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE WHEN MEMBERS OF YOUR MUNITY CALL THEM.

>> CARRY YOUR PASSPORT I.D.

AND CARD.

THEY ARE NOT TARGETING JUST PEOPLE -- INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

THEY ARE TARGETING ALL OF US.

I CARRY MY PASSPORT I.D.

I TELL MY MOTHER TO DO SO.

THE CALLS I GET THAT I'M MOST AFRAID FOR ARE MOTHERS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH WELL OR DON'T SPEAK IT AT ALL, WHO STILL HAVE TO GO TO WORK.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WORRY ME THE MOST IN TERMS OF INTERACTING WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO INVADE OUR STATE.

>> THIS RIGHT NOW HAS FOCUSED IN ON THE TWIN CITIES.

SOMALIS HAVE, JUST LIKE THEY LEFT FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE SUBURBS, THEY HAVE LEFT TO RURAL AREAS TO WORK ON FARMS AND BE PARTS OF SMALL TOWNS.

ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING FROM THERE?

>> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

WE'RE NOT JUST IN THE TWIN CITIES.

WE'RE IN SMALL TOWNS.

PEOPLE IN GREATER MINNESOTA, CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ARE VIGILANT.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TWIN CITIES.

SOME PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SAINT CLOUD HAVE SEEN I.C.E.

AGENTS SHOW UP.

IT'S NOT JUST A TARGET THERE THE TWIN CITIES OR METRO.

THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AT THIS POINT FIRST, SECOND, THIRD GENERATION.

THEY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THEY ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS.

THEY ARE FARMERS AND DOCTORS AND LAWYERS.

THEIR NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT.

THEY ARE PROTECTING THEM AND STEPPING UP.

FOR MINNESOTANS, IT'S SHOWING US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE IS HE CREATED THIS COMMUNITY TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE EVEN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE STATE?

IN THE CITY, THE MAYOR HAD SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT BARRED I.C.E.

FROM USING CITY-OWNED SPACES LIKE PARKING LOTS FOR STAGING AREAS.

WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE CITY AND THE STATE?

>> PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP.

OUR GOVERNOR STEPPED UP AND HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE HERE TO INVADE OUR STATE.

THEY ARE BEING HOSTILE TOWARDS CITIZENS.

MOST OF OUR JURISDICTIONS ARE NOT COMPLYING, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EVEN TELLING THEM.

THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN COMPLYING WITH THEM.

I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, IN A NORMAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN I.C.E.

AGENTS ARE THERE TOWN, THEY TALK TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MAYORS AND LET THEM KNOW WHO THEY ARE ARRESTING AND WHY.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

THEY ARE SHOWING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONDAY WITH JUST A PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT, WITHOUT ANY HEADS UP TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

IT'S BEEN -- FOR OUR LEADERS, THEY ARE STEPPING UP.

THEY ARE ALSO HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.

NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE ARE ALSO DOING TRAININGS FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IF I.C.E.

AGENTS DO INTERACT WITH THEM.

>> THERE WAS A LONG RUNNING CIVIL WAR IN SOMALIA THAT LED TO FLEEING OF SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THAT COUNTRY TO ALL OVER WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT WOULD SOMALIS BE RETURNING TO IF THEY WERE DEPORTED OR IF THEY WERE -- IF THEY HAD THIS TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS REVOKED?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, THE COUNTRY IS STILL GOING THROUGH AN UNREST AND CIVIL WAR.

THERE IS FAMINE ALSO HAPPENING.

WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS.

FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, LIKE MYSELF, WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, TO GO BACK TO A HOME I HAVEN'T KNOWN SINCE I WAS A CHILD, JUST SEEMS S -- T HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS.

THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND AMERICANS TO COUNTRIES THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO.

>> YOUR FAMILY STORY IS SOMEWHAT EMBLEMATIC OF SO MANY SOMALIS WHO CAME HERE.

WHY DID THEY COME?

WHAT'S YOUR FAMILY'S CONTRIBUTION BEEN LIKE OVER THE GENERATIONS?

>> YEAH.

MY FAMILY IS THE EPITOME OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

WHY SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY CAME HERE, WE CAME HERE WHEN I WAS 8.

MY FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY WANTING TO LEAVE THE WAR.

AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN US IN.

IN RETURN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY SIBLINGS GRADUATED COLLEGE, CONTRIBUTING IN THEIR OWN WAY.

WE HAVE NURSES AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.

PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR OFFICE WHEN I WAS 24 YEARS OLD.

BECAME THE YOUNGEST MEMBER AND ONE OF THE FIRST THREE BLACK WOMEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME NOT JUST AS A SOMALI WOMAN BUT AS AN AMERICAN I GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD MY BACK, WHO HAVE GIVEN ME A HOME.

THIS IS MY HOME.

>> I WONDERED, IN SOME OF THE REMARKS THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE, HE TARGETED ILHAN OMAR, WHO YOU KNOW IS IT A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.

SHE'S BEEN THE TARGET OF HIS ATTACKS.

ARE YOU SEEING AN INCREASE IN ANY SORTS OF THREATS OR POLITICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ANY TIME THE PRESIDENT SPEWS WHAT HE DID, AS HE DID LAST WEEK AND CALLS THE COMMUNITY GARBAGE AND PAINTS A BRUSH OVER US, ATTACKS AGAINST OUR LEADERS LIKE MYSELF INCREASE.

WE HAVE BEEN GETTING DEATH THREATS.

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO TO THEIR STORES OR TO GO -- OR EVEN IF THEY LIVE IN PARTS WHERE THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US, THEY ARE BEING MORE VIGILANT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT INCITES.

WE LIVED THROUGH JUNE 14th IN MINNESOTA WHERE MY LEADER, MINNESOTA LEADER HOUSE AND HER HUSBAND WERE ASSASSINATED.

MY COLLEAGUE AND HIS WIFE HAD AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON THEM.

I WAS ON THAT LIST.

I'M AFRAID FOR MY COMMUNITY.

I'M AFRAID FOR MYSELF.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STEP UP AND SPEAK UP AGAINST THE RHETORIC AND SAY, WE DESERVE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT'S SAFE WHERE LEADERS DON'T INCITE VIOLENCE AGAINST US.

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT JUNE 14th WAS A LESSON TO OUR LEADERS, BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

IT SEEMS NOT TO BE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS KEYED IN ON -- SEVERAL CONSERVATIVES IN THE STATE AS WELL HAVE KEYED IN ON IS A SERIES OF FRAUD CASES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND PROSECUTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN STATE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

A NUMBER OF SOMALIS HAVE BEEN INDICTED AND CHARGED.

I GUESS YOUR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ON THE CASE?

HE SAYS SOMALIANS RIPPED OFF THE STATE FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

EVERY YEAR, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEY CONTRIBUTE NOTHING.

>> FIST OF ALL, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

RIGHT?

IN TERMS OF THE FRAUD, FRAUD HURTS EVERYONE.

FRAUD HURTS TAXPAYERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING -- RECEIVING THE SERVICES.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS, WE DON'T DO THIS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THIS YEAR THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE LINKED TO A RUSSIAN GANG WHO STOLE $10 BILLION, WHO SCHEMED OVER $10 BILLION IN FRAUD.

WE DON'T SAY, IS THAT INDICATIVE OF THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE 78 PEOPLE.

THEY ARE CRIMINALS.

THAT IS HOW WE SHOULD BE SPEAKING OF THEM.

WE SHOULD NOT BE SAYING THAT THIS IS AN INDICATIVE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS WHERE THE RHETORIC STARTS AND WHERE IT CREATES POLITICAL VIOLENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE MYSELF.

>> ARE THESE ISSUES BEING COLLUDED OR ARE THEY KEEPING THEM APART?

THERE'S ONE WE CAN BE AGAINST FRAUD AND SUPPORT SOMALI COMMUNITIES?

OR IS THIS PAINTING THE BRUSH ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY?

>> RIGHT WING PODCASTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND REPUBLICANS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN IN LOCKSTEP AND BLAMING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF A FEW.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, THESE FOLKS ARE PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP AGAINST, LEADERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE SAID, THOSE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.

THEY DON'T REPRESENT A SINGLE IDENTITY.

I'M DOING MY PART IN GETTING THE CORRECT MESSAGE ACROSS, WHICH IS SOMALI PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY OVERWHELMINGLY.

THEY ARE TAXPAYERS.

THEY ARE HURT BY THIS -- BY THE CRIMINALS.

THEY ARE CRIMINALS.

THAT'S HOW WE ARE LABELING THEM.

>> I WONDER HOW MUCH OF THIS DO YOU THINK IS CONNECTED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING LIKE IN MINNESOTA POLITICS?

YOU ARE ENTERING A RE-ELECTION YEAR.

YOU ARE DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED.

TIM WALTZ -- THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A FAN OF HIM.

VICE VERSA.

KACY MEGHAN WHO USED TO WORK AT THE MINNESOTA AG'S, A QUOTE SAYS, THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT FORCEFULLY TACKLING THIS ISSUE MIGHT CAUSE POLITICAL BACKLASH AMONG THE SOMALI COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A CORE VOTING BLOCK.

HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IT PLAYING INTO THE PRESIDENT'S RADAR AND WHY HE PUTS IT ON THE COUNTRY'S?

>> THAT COULD BE A PART OF IT.

HE WANTS TO DE-ENFRANCHISE THE COMMUNITY.

IF HE CAN CREATE -- IF HE CAN FABRICATE STORIES TO CREATE US VERSUS THEM AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEEL ALONE AND FEEL LIKE NO LEADERS HAVE THEIR BACKS, THAT PLAYS TO EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS, HE WANTS TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.

WHAT WE SEE IN MINNESOTA IS OUR LEADERS AND PARTICULARLY OUR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE STEPPING UP.

WE ARE ALSO SEEING SOME REPUBLICAN LEADERS STEP UP.

EARLIER WHEN HE SAID THAT, I SENT A LETTER TO ALL THE LEADERS IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE INSTEAD OF ASKING THEM TO CONDEMN -- THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, SEEKING ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT CONDEMNED IT.

HER COLLEAGUE IN THE MINNESOTA SENATE, WHO IS A COLLEAGUE OF MINE, A REPUBLICAN, DID CONDEMN.

SENT A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND SAID, YOU SHOULD MEET SOMALI PEOPLE.

WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT THEM IS HEINOUS.

IT'S WRONG.

IT'S VILE.

IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOMALI CITIZENS AND FRIENDS THAT I HAVE.

THAT'S A REPUBLICAN LEADER WHO IS STEPPING UP.

A MAJORITY ARE IN LOCKSTEP WITH WASHINGTON, AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP CALLING THEM OUT OR MAKING A POST ON TRUTH SOCIAL AND SAYING DON'T SUPPORT LISA.

WE SEE LEADERS NOT DO THEIR PART.

WE SEE FEW OF THEM DO IT.

IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

ELECTIONS ARE NEXT YEAR.

IT'S CERTAINLY PLAYING A ROLE.

REPUBLICANS WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF MINNESOTA.

I THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

>> MINNESOTA SENATOR ZAYNAB MOHAMED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.