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Walz: Trump ‘garbage’ comment ‘unprecedented’

Governor Walz condemned President Trump's racial slur amid a $250 million fraud scandal involving Minnesota's Somali community and rising local tensions.

  • Dec. 4, 2025: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz returned to national attention after denouncing a Nov. 27 Truth Social post by former President Donald Trump that used the r-word against him.
  • Trump's Nov. 27 Truth Social post used the r-word and claimed 'hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over' Minnesota, targeting Gov. Tim Walz and prompting backlash.
  • On Nov. 30, Walz told NBC that Trump's post normalizes hateful language and demonizes Somali residents of Minnesota, whom he praised for bringing diversity and energy.
  • Walz is running for a third term and would be the first Minnesota governor to serve three consecutive four-year terms, but Morning Consult recorded a 53% approval rating with a downward trend in 2025.
  • The broader context includes Morning Consult showing Walz’s 41% disapproval tied for fourth-highest and a Minnesota electorate narrowly split with 43% opposing his third-term bid.
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Democratic Governor Tim Walz on Thursday denounced President Donald Trump for calling the Somali community in Minnesota "dirty" and dismissing the state as a "hell." Walz stated that Trump slandered all the inhabitants of Minnesota and that his expressions of contempt for the state's Somali community—the largest in the United States—were "unprecedented for an American president. Today, we have little children who go to school and whom the presid…

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