Minnesota Muslims and Somali Americans speak out on politics, faith and being open to Trump in 2024 Salman Fiqy told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ agenda was an issue and added, 'We see things from a conservative lens'

February 23, 2025 and   

(Fox) In Minnesota, Muslims and Somali Americans talked politics, religion and how their votes were swayed in the 2024 election. Some showed a new affinity for the Republican Party under Donald Trump.

“Somalis were inherently Democrats,” Salman Fiqy told Fox News Digital.

Fiqy explained further that the first wave of Somali immigrants came to the U.S. in the late 90s and engaged in politics during the Obama era.

“So that’s why they saw themselves aligned with Democrats and then things have changed for the worse with the Democrats,” Fiqy said.

Fiqy is an outspoken Republican and conservative who has publicly endorsed President Donald Trump. He confidently told Fox News Digital that many Somalians voted for President Trump.

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