A Republican state senator from Minnesota is sticking up for the Somali community after President Trump's disparaging comments last week.

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Minnesota Republican Sen. Jim Abeler was frustrated after hearing President Donald Trump call Somalis “garbage” and say he ...

State Sen. Jim Abeler (R-MN) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump praising the Somali community and asking him not to ...

A Minnesota Republican state senator wrote a letter to President Trump rebuking his comments that Somali immigrants are ...

Minnesota's Jim Abeler, a state senator from Anoka, pushed back on president's disparaging comments about Somali immigrants.

A Minnesota Republican lawmaker is taking issue with President Trump’s comments last week referring to Somalis as “garbage.” In a letter, State Senator Jim Abeler (Anoka) asked President Trump to come ...

As a Somali American and a former Republican candidate in Minnesota, I was deeply disappointed to hear the president refer to a minority community as “garbage.” No president should ever speak about ...

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