{"id":2527349,"date":"2025-12-31T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-speaking-somali-to-voters-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-failed-immigration-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:49:08","slug":"minneapolis-mayor-speaking-somali-to-voters-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-failed-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-speaking-somali-to-voters-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-failed-immigration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Mayor Speaking Somali to Voters Is the Ultimate Symbol of Failed Immigration Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-mayor-speaking-somali-to-voters-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-failed-immigration-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2527349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article argues that welcoming immigrants is different from &#8220;coddling&#8221; them and criticizes Democrats for prioritizing symbolic inclusivity over actual assimilation. Using minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey&#8217;s outreach to the city&#8217;s large Somali community-including speaking Somali and posting supportive videos-as an example,the piece says such gestures signal a willingness to work around assimilation rather than enforce expectations that newcomers adopt American civic and cultural norms. It links this approach to weakened standards, eroded trust, and the emergence of &#8220;parallel systems,&#8221; and points to recent fraud scandals in Minnesota as evidence of the risks of treating assimilation as optional. The author contends that some left\u2011wing rhetoric frames American culture as oppressive, which can foster grievance politics and permanent victimhood rather of civic buy\u2011in. The article concludes that true cohesion requires encouraging newcomers to become Americans and that leaders should demand accountability and integration rather than indulgence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a difference between welcoming immigrants and coddling them, and Democrats increasingly refuse to acknowledge it.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration was never meant to be a one-way transaction where newcomers receive endless accommodation while the host country does all the adapting. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-may-be-bluffing-on-tariffs-but-investors-like-his-style-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump may be bluffing on tariffs, but investors like his style ... Washington Examiner\">entire point &#038;mdash<\/a>; economically, civically, culturally &mdash; was, and always has been, assimilation. When that principle is abandoned, the system simply doesn&rsquo;t work.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s what makes a resurfaced video of Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey addressing the city&rsquo;s Somali community directly in Somali so revealing. It wasn&rsquo;t malicious. It wasn&rsquo;t hateful. It was actually much worse, as it was emblematic of a governing class that confuses symbolic inclusivity with actual integration.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-now-miami-mayor-speaks-at-a-time-for-choosing-speaker-series-hosted-by-reagan-foundation\/\" title=\"Miami Mayor speaking at Reagan Foundation&#039;s &#039;A Time for Choosing Speaker Series&#039; ... Live now!\">mayor speaking<\/a> a foreign language to a massive immigrant bloc isn&rsquo;t empowerment. It&rsquo;s actually an admission that assimilation has failed and that city leadership has decided to work around that failure rather than confront it.<\/p>\n<p>And this kind of cultural soft-pedaling has consequences. When leaders treat assimilation as optional and accountability as impolite, they create precisely the environment where large-scale abuses &mdash; like Minnesota&rsquo;s litany of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-minnesota-fraud-case-85-somali-descent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraud scandals<\/a> &mdash; can flourish.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t about heritage or pride. It&rsquo;s about standards. There is such a thing as tough love, and until Democrats relearn that immigration without assimilation weakens both the immigrant and the country, these failures will keep repeating.<\/p>\n<p>And oftentimes, this simple fact of life is ignored until the bill comes due.<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, Frey posted a video claiming he stands with the Somali community (which, to be clear, there&rsquo;s nothing wrong with in and of itself) after President Donald Trump expanded his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/list-countries-trumps-new-travel-ban-triples-size-first-term-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel ban list<\/a> to include Somalia, among a host of other nations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali population in the U.S.,&rdquo; Frey posted to his Facebook. &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s travel ban is divisive and harmful &mdash; punishing millions for no good reason. We stand with our Somali community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMayorFrey%2Fvideos%2F1838697150038252%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that video is hardly a one-off.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFmBoAeuwkQ?si=t7vegJ57TgpkRah-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When he&rsquo;s not doing his best Rosetta Stone impression, Frey can also be seen wolfing down Somali cuisine &mdash; though never explicitly swallowing it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jacob Frey looks like he really went through it while sampling Somali cuisine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4E0ZSIImvW\">pic.twitter.com\/4E0ZSIImvW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Not_the_Bee\/status\/1996952013775458606?\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These coddling, backwards messages have received new scrutiny in light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/infamous-minneapolis-day-care-finally-fixes-sign-still-didnt-get-quite-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing fraud scandal<\/a> that is plaguing the Gopher State:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"et\">&ldquo;Koona t&rsquo;chuta Solo? Soong peetch alay. Ee mara tom tee tok maky cheesa. Jabba won neechee kochba mu shanee wy tonny wya uska. Chosky nowy u chusu.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;Mayor Jacob Frey<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rD4YZhMg7I\">pic.twitter.com\/rD4YZhMg7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/2006069207977296317?\">December 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>(Yes, that&rsquo;s The Daily Wire&rsquo;s Michael Knowles using Huttese &mdash; the language of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criminal syndicate alien race<\/a> from Star Wars &mdash; to &ldquo;paraphrase&rdquo; Frey&rsquo;s Somali.)<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s most alarming isn&rsquo;t just that assimilation has been treated as optional &mdash; it&rsquo;s that, in some cases, it&rsquo;s been actively discouraged. Left-wing rhetoric has increasingly framed American culture not as something to join, but something to resist, apologize for, or outright resent. When political leaders and activists teach newcomers that America is fundamentally oppressive, corrupt, or illegitimate, they shouldn&rsquo;t be surprised when civic buy-in collapses.<\/p>\n<p>That mindset doesn&rsquo;t empower immigrants. It actually harms and isolates them. It replaces d norms with grievance politics and mutual obligation with permanent victimhood. A society cannot function when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/following-free-beacon-story-dhs-reveals-report-on-illegal-immigrant-population\/\" title=\"Following Free Beacon Story, DHS Reveals Report on Illegal Immigrant Population\">large segments<\/a> of the population are encouraged to see the country they live in as morally suspect and culturally hostile, which in turn justifies their own morally suspect and culturally hostile behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what the left may think, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanish-speaking-abrego-garcia-doesnt-want-to-be-an-american\/\" title=\"Spanish...Speaking Abrego Garcia Doesn&#039;t Want To Be An American\">assimilation isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t erasure &mdash; it&rsquo;s cohesion. And without cohesion, trust erodes, standards weaken, and parallel systems take root.<\/p>\n<p>This is the real danger Democrats refuse to confront. Immigration policy built on indulgence instead of expectation produces fragmentation. Teaching people to dislike the country they&rsquo;re supposed to help build is a recipe for long-term instability, not progress.<\/p>\n<p>If leaders like Jacob Frey want to talk about equity, safety, and accountability, they should start with a simple truth: this nation cannot survive if it&rsquo;s afraid to ask newcomers to actually become Americans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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