President Donald Trump is facing stern criticism from Democrats in Minnesota for his comments condemning Somali immigrants, many of whom live in the North Star State.

Trump railed against Somalis on Tuesday, referring to them as “garbage” and saying he doesn’t “want them in our country.”

“These are people that do nothing but complain,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it,” Trump said.

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The xenophobic tirade drew immediate pushback from Minnesota politicians, where roughly 80,000 Somalis reside, the majority living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

“Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali co

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