NYT’s Mara Gay: Somali Community ‘Being Scapegoated’ to Placate Far Right

[mystery-ak]

NYT’s Mara Gay: Somali Community ‘Being Scapegoated’ to Placate Far Right

Pam Key 29 Dec 2025

New York Times writer Mara Gay said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the Somali population in Minnesota is “being scapegoated” to placate the far right.

Host Jonathan Lemire said, “Last week, the Republican led House Oversight Committee expanded its investigation into the Medicaid fraud allegations there in Minnesota.”

He added, “This is a story that’s really gained a lot of traction among conservative media members, among MAGA folks online, including members of the Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance was posting about it the other day. There’s a lot we don’t know here just yet, but it does, it gives off at least a sense, and we’ll see where the facts take us, but at least we can safely say this, it seems like Republicans are eager to be talking about something else and a lot of the bad news surrounding the president right now.”

Gay said, “First of all, if there is fraud there that should be fully investigated, no matter where it is, whether it’s in a Democratic led state, a Republican led state. I mean, let’s pull back. so absolutely, it should be investigated. The question is, you know, why is this a priority and a different kind of way? The politicization of the DOJ and the FBI is undeniable. So whether they are reliable narrators is is the big question. And this is what happens when you weaponize and politicize federal agencies that are not meant to be, you know, politicized. I think the American people are right to ask the question, well, can we trust you? And that’s a sad thing to say as an American.”

She added, “Let’s recall, too, that there’s also other scandals in other states. For example, the Mississippi welfare scandal. This is not unique to politics. Americans know that. But of course, the other factor here is that because it looks like the Somali population in Minnesota, the Somali immigrant population may have been involved in some way, that people are being scapegoated. And that community is being scapegoated in a way that certainly serves the far right. And so that’s also something to keep an eye on. And that’s inappropriate. Absolutely.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/29/nyts-mara-gay-somali-community-being-scapegoated-to-placate-far-right/

[Kamaji]

Total BS.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Only the ones who have overstayed their welcomes, defrauded American taxpayers, and funded overseas terrorism.

Assylum time / Refugee time is over.  Back to Mogadishu for those that are not already naturalized US citizens.

[Smokin Joe]

I don't care who you are, the only reason to oppose ferreting out fraud that steals from us all, is that you are benefiting from it.

Anyone who is whining about fraud being exposed is in on it.

[andy58-in-nh]

Total BS.

Yes, but there is so much of it here that one is put in mind of a pasture, populated by bovines who have been fed a steady diet of laxatives.

The example here is really quite remarkable but then, today's "journalists" have become not masters of factual aggregation, but rather of denial, dismissal, deception, and deflection.
 
In other words: bullshit.

This particular example is almost 100% deflection  - not denial, but a full flush of unsupported accusations against investigators made as though they were obvious statements of fact, to distract the reader from the actual story.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/2005682606436647362

[andy58-in-nh]

In other words: "We (the media) don't have to investigate because the well from which the accusations sprang is poisoned"... as accompanied by the standard Leftist tactic of accusing your adversary of what your side did (politicization of the FBI/DOJ).

About what you'd expect from BS-NOW and the New York Times (do we have any reporters who aren't black, female and/or gay? Why no... that would be racist/sexist/homophobic!!!)

[Sighlass]

Evil doings are no longer evil, and those that expose evil are the evil... GTH MSNBC (especially since you would probable describe Hades as a luxury resort).