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Members of Somali community condemn Trump’s racist attacks

Ilhan Omar says Trump attacks on Somali immigrants 'deflect attention' from scrutiny

Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. at age 12 and is now a U.S. citizen, joined Morning Edition to discuss the president's remarks. She called Trump's rant "vile" and said it was no surprise because he has "trafficked in racism, in xenophobia, in bigotry, in Islamophobia for as long as he has held office."

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After Trump's attack on Somalis, we should all speak out | Letters

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‘This is so anti-American’: Members of the Somali community condemn Trump’s racist attacks

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Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia 'garbage'

He said it four times in seven seconds: Somali immigrants in the United States are “garbage.”

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White supremacist Nick Fuentes takes credit for Trump’s Somali rant

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‘This Is So Anti-American’: Members Of The Somali Community Condemn Trump’s Racist Attacks

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Trump disparages Somali immigrants for the second straight day, saying they've 'destroyed our country'

The president also continued his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., saying the first Somali American elected to Congress "shouldn’t be allowed to be a congresswoman."

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A conversation with the country's 1st Somali-American mayor

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States. When Deqa Dhalac was writing her first speech as the mayor of South Portland, Maine, she went looking for an inspirational quote from ...