Salt Lake City took in Somali ‘refugees’. Now it’s going to pay the price.
In a race roiled in recent weeks by scandal, Liban Mohamed, the Muslim son of Somali immigrants, pulled off a surprising upset in a crowded 1st Congressional District, winning the endorsement of a majority of Democratic delegates at the party’s state convention Saturday.
“It’s a progressive’s time to lead. It’s the working class’ time to lead,” Mohamed said after the results were announced Saturday night. “The support is growing as people get to know us and learn about the campaign we’re running, the positivity that we seek to put out into our community, the fact that we’re focused on tangible outcomes for our communities and not headlines.”
Photos show Somalis packing the convention and the usual shenanigans were pulled.
McAdams’ speech to delegates was interrupted by a delegate who shouting about Israel’s bombing of Gaza and thrusting a finger at him, yelling, “You’re a liar!” until the delegate was escorted out of the auditorium.
Somalis do know how to play the game.
On Friday he was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and the Salt Lake County Progressive Caucus withdrew its endorsement of Blouin and backed Mohamed instead.
I wonder what they could have in common.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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