Trump moved from Minnesota officials to Somali-linked theft and vote-buying allegations
Trump called Minnesota officials corrupt, then alleged theft involving people from Somalia and group vote buying. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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Trump called Minnesota officials corrupt, then alleged theft involving people from Somalia and group vote buying. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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Answering a question about FBI cooperation with state officials, he began with officials, then shifted to Somali-linked allegations. Ambiguous later corruption wording is not represented as a categorical description of all Somali voters. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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racial-or-ethnic · demeaning-language
The passage associates a national-origin group with theft and vote buying. This supplies the ethnic-disparagement rationale; the allegations are not established as true. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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- Official presidential transcript · The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters
Minnesota/Somali Immigrants/Election Reform section; paragraphs beginning 'Well, normally' and 'They sell more'; web text lines 404–408
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-meeting-with-executives-oil-and-gas-companies-and-exchange-with-reporters
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