Trump broadly linked Somali people to welfare scams in Detroit remarks
Trump attributed monumental fraud to Minnesota's Somali population, asserted nearly all Somalis received public assistance, and described recipients driving luxury cars. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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Trump attributed monumental fraud to Minnesota's Somali population, asserted nearly all Somalis received public assistance, and described recipients driving luxury cars. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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The speech concerned economic policy and fraud enforcement. He also acknowledged fraud involved other people; this record does not verify his statistics or collective accusations. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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racial-or-ethnic · demeaning-language · immigration
The ethnic classification rests on assigning scam and dependency characterizations to a named population, beyond allegations against individual defendants. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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- Official presidential transcript · The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan
Fraud discussion beginning 'Another urgent priority' through 'But it's not just Somali'; web text lines 272–299
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-detroit-economic-club-detroit-michigan-1
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