House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Newsmax on Thursday that Minneapolis needs to “take ownership” of its future when it heads to the polls in November to determine whether the Mini Apple will be governed by state Sen. Omar Fateh, who has been described as the “Mamdani of Minneapolis.”
Like Zohran Mamdani, who is running for mayor of New York City, Fateh’s platform for mayor of Minneapolis reportedly includes a number of progressive priorities, including defunding the police and freezing rents. Also like Mamdani, Fateh is a self-identified democratic socialist who has made some eyebrow-raising statements, including his suggestion that white people pose the biggest threat to the United States.
When asked whether he worries about the future of Minneapolis with a candidate like Fateh in the running to be its next mayor, Emmer said “all the time.”
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