"President Donald Trump defended calling Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) "ret**ded" in a Thanksgiving social media post which also made racist comments about Somali immigrants living in Walz's state. "Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for 'prey' as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone," Trump wrote. "The seriously ret**ded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.""
"When asked about Trump's insult, Walz told NBC's Meet the Press last Sunday that he found the comments "damaging" and "hurtful." He also noted that Somalian refugees began arriving in Minnesota starting in the 1990s to escape civil war. Last Sunday, a reporter asked Trump, "You called Tim Walz what many Americans consider an offensive word. Do you stand by that claim?" Trump responded, "Absolutely. You have a problem with it?""
President Donald Trump defended calling Gov. Tim Walz "ret**ded" and made racist claims about Somali immigrants in Minnesota. Trump alleged Somali gangs preyed on residents and accused Walz of doing nothing. Walz said he found the comments damaging and hurtful and noted Somali refugees began arriving in Minnesota in the 1990s to escape civil war. When asked if he stood by the offensive word, Trump replied, "Absolutely. You have a problem with it?" The president pledged to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, a move that would raise deportations of long-term residents.
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