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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sharply condemned President Donald Trump for denigrating Minnesota’s Somali community as “garbage” and calling the state a “hellhole,” accusing the president of using inflammatory rhetoric that stigmatizes children and fuels fear among one of the nation’s largest immigrant communities. Walz said Trump “slandered all …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered some of his harshest rhetoric yet toward Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., calling the congresswoman “garbage” and asserting that Somalis should “go back to where they came from,” remarks that immediately intensified criticism from civil rights leaders and Democrats who say he …