{"id":2527581,"date":"2025-12-31T18:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-tom-emmer-calls-for-somali-deportations-in-2015-he-dismissed-his-voters-concerns-about-them\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:55:17","slug":"gop-rep-tom-emmer-calls-for-somali-deportations-in-2015-he-dismissed-his-voters-concerns-about-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-tom-emmer-calls-for-somali-deportations-in-2015-he-dismissed-his-voters-concerns-about-them\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Tom Emmer Calls for Somali Deportations \u2013 in 2015, He Dismissed His Voters\u2019 Concerns About Them"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fgop-rep-tom-emmer-calls-for-somali-deportations-in-2015-he-dismissed-his-voters-concerns-about-them%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=2527581&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>An opinion piece criticizes Minnesota GOP Rep. Tom Emmer for responding to a large Minnesota fraud scandal with harsh rhetoric-calling for denaturalization, deportation, and forced assimilation of Somalis implicated in the fraud-while arguing his stance is hypocritical and belated. The author highlights Emmer&#8217;s tweet urging that Somalis who committed fraud be deported and that naturalized citizens with ties to terrorist groups or who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-gop-rep-tom-emmer-goes-scorched-earth-calls-for-denaturalization-and-deportation-of-every-somali-engaged-in-fraud\/\" title=\".... ... Goes Scorched Earth, Calls for &#039;Denaturalization and Deportation of Every Somali Engaged in Fraud&#039;\">committed marriage fraud<\/a> should lose citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The article contrasts that tough talk with emmer&#8217;s earlier behavior, citing a 2015 town-hall exchange were he pushed back against local complaints about Somali resettlement and described Somalis as &#8220;one of the fastest-assimilating populations.&#8221; That history is used to argue Emmer enabled or ignored problems for years and is now engaging in &#8220;damage control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, the piece frames Emmer&#8217;s outburst as emblematic of a larger GOP pattern: political cowardice that avoids confrontation until a scandal becomes too big to ignore, then shifts to scorched-earth posturing aimed at placating a frustrated base. The author calls this late-stage accountability hollow and deserving of public criticism.  <\/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 is a particular kind of cowardice in politics that only reveals itself after the damage is done.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the sort of brand where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leaders spend years smiling<\/a> for the cameras, funding the programs, cutting the ribbons, and reassuring polite society that everything is fine &mdash; right up until the fraud explodes, the money disappears, and the voters start demanding answers.<\/p>\n<p>Then, suddenly, the tough talk arrives. Loud. Furious.<\/p>\n<p>And far too late.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota GOP Rep. Tom Emmer&rsquo;s recent outburst over Minnesota&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-minnesota-fraud-case-85-somali-descent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nfl-reporter-close-to-deciding-on-minnesota-senate-bid\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL reporter close to deciding on ... Senate bid\">sprawling fraud scandal<\/a><\/a> is a textbook example of this political chicanery.<\/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>His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-gop-rep-tom-emmer-goes-scorched-earth-calls-denaturalization-deportation-every-somali-engaged-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-groomer-gate-how-democrats-transitioned-into-the-party-of-trans-extremists\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: \u2018Groomer-gate\u2019 \u2013 How Democrats Transitioned into the Party of Trans-Extremists\">scorched-earth rhetoric<\/a><\/a> about deportation, denaturalization, and cultural assimilation in recent days may sound satisfying to a base that&rsquo;s fed up with systemic abuse, but it rings hollow coming from a political class that helped create the very conditions it now pretends to oppose.<\/p>\n<p>When accountability only shows up after headlines force your hand, there&rsquo;s a term for that: damage control.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: I&rsquo;m calling for the denaturalization and deportation of every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota. Read my full statement below:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home. If they&rsquo;re here illegally,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPMajorityWhip\/status\/2005835275612697059?\">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>&ldquo;I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home,&rdquo; Emmer posted to X on Tuesday. &ldquo;If they&rsquo;re here illegally, deport them immediately; if they&rsquo;re naturalized citizens, revoke their citizenship and deport them quickly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we need to change the law to do that, I will. Our nation will not tolerate those who take advantage of our charity and refuse to assimilate into our culture. Additionally, if any naturalized Somalis had undisclosed ties to terrorist organizations like Al-Shabaab, I want to see their citizenship revoked and their asses sent back immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Same goes for anyone who is found to have committed marriage fraud during the immigration process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The natural question that flows from this diatribe is a simple one: Where was&nbsp;<em>this&nbsp;<\/em>Tom Emmer 10 years ago?<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/12\/29\/somali-fraud-minnesota-tim-walz-tom-emmer-immigration-moratorium-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a> pointed out just hours before Emmer&rsquo;s post, &ldquo;Minnesotans begged House Majority Whip Tom Emmer more than a decade ago to halt the flood of Somali refugees to the area, but the lawmaker scolded them for their concerns.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We did not ask for those Somalis. Nobody asked us if we, in St. Cloud, want those Somalis. And we understand that social groups, like the Lutheran social service and the Catholic charities, they&rsquo;re dumping them in areas like St. Cloud,&rdquo; a concerned constituent told Emmer during a 2015 town hall in St. Cloud, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The constituent continued, &ldquo;How many more are coming? We didn&rsquo;t ask for these people. Everybody that you read about is talking about this. So that is a main issue in this city.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no control. The people have no control over any immigration. The mayor doesn&rsquo;t. I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Emmer&rsquo;s response? He pushed back on this notion, seemingly suggesting that these concerns were simply rooted in implicit racism. He further &mdash; laughably &mdash; claimed that Somalis are one of &ldquo;the fastest-assimilating populations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, you gotta be kidding me,&rdquo; one respondent was overheard saying. Sadly, Emmer was not kidding.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s emblematic of the deeper rot afflicting the modern GOP.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Republicans have been terrified of upsetting liberal media, activist bureaucracies, and progressive orthodoxy. They cave early, compromise often, and insist that prudence requires silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then, once the consequences become impossible to ignore, they posture as hardliners and hope voters forget who enabled the mess in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Emmer&rsquo;s newfound fury isn&rsquo;t bold &mdash; it&rsquo;s representative of a party that keeps choosing comfort over confrontation until the bill comes due.<\/p>\n<p>And that should be called out loudly.<\/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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