Stephen Miller Says Democrats Want To Turn America ‘Into A Version Of Somalia’

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller said Tuesday that Democrats are pushing a political strategy that he says would turn the United States “into a version of Somalia.”

A City Journal report alleges that Somali-linked fraud rings have siphoned millions from Minnesota programs and funneled some of the stolen money to the Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab, according to federal counterterrorism sources. During an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Miller warned Democrats are steering the country toward what he called the “Somalification of America.”

“In other words, when you see the state of Somalia, that’s what they want for America at the end of the day because it’s easier to rule over an empire of ashes than it is for the Democratic Party to rule over a functioning, Western, high trust society with a strong middle class,” Miller told Watters.

Miller pointed to Minnesota as his prime example, saying Democrats cemented their power in the state by encouraging an influx of Somali migrants.

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“Look how powerful the Democrat Party became in Minnesota once they flooded it with 100,000 Somalians. Once the elections were decided by clan rivalries and ethnic feuds. Once that happened, the Democrat Party became permanently powerful in Minnesota. They became permanently powerful in the Twin Cities. That’s their model for America, to make the whole country into a version of Somalia. And everything they do gets down to that. So, yes, what I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving. I praise God every day that Donald Trump is our president.”

Miller’s warning about Minnesota becoming a blueprint for “Somalification” lands amid a string of federal fraud cases involving Somali defendants in the state. Just weeks ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged several Somali nationals with allegedly defrauding Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services Program, adding fuel to concerns about criminal networks operating within the community. (RELATED: Trump Says He Asked Somalia President If He’d ‘Like To Take’ Ilhan Omar Back)

The DOJ says the defendants stole millions of dollars by falsely claiming reimbursements for services meant to support low-income children, seniors and people with disabilities — allegations that echo the state’s far larger Feeding Our Future issue, where a Minnesota nonprofit and dozens of mostly Somali-run partner sites allegedly orchestrated a $250 million fraud scheme involving fake meal programs during COVID-19. Nearly all of Feeding Our Future’s sponsored organizations were owned or operated by members of Minnesota’s Somali community. Seventy-seven defendants have now been charged with crimes ranging from wire fraud to money laundering, with only two convicted individuals carrying non-Somali names, according to federal prosecutors and a legislative audit.

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