The New Zohran Mamdani: Meet the Somali Muslim Running For Mayor of Minneapolis and Listen to His Loony Ideas for the City (VIDEO)
Communist New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani now has competition for the title of most dangerous local politician running for elective office.
35-year-old Minnesota Democratic State Senator Omar Fateh, a Muslim and son of Somali migrants, spoke about his radical agenda for the city in a social media post on Sunday.
“My name is Omar Fateh, and I’m running for Minneapolis Mayor because for working people, it’s getting harder to build our lives in this city we love,” he wrote in the X post accompanying the video. “To make an affordable Minneapolis that works for everyone, we need a Mayor that works as hard as we do. I’m ready to get to work.”
After answering supporters’ questions about why he’s not making more videos, Fatah discusses his plan to supposedly make Minneapolis more affordable.
Of course, his plan would not only have the opposite effect but also make the city more dangerous.
WATCH:
My name is Omar Fateh, and I’m running for Minneapolis Mayor because for working people, it’s getting harder to build our lives in this city we love. To make an affordable Minneapolis that works for everyone, we need a Mayor that works as hard as we do. I’m ready to get to work. pic.twitter.com/CzYkmgKfxQ
— Omar Fateh (@OmarFatehMN) July 13, 2025
Fateh first calls for increasing the minimum wage to $20 “to keep money in working people’s pockets and circulating in our local economy.” However, given that so many small businesses operate on small profit margins and fail to begin with, this would result in mass bankruptcies for those who stay in Minneapolis while others flee the city.
He then pushes for “rent stabilization,” aka freezes, to protect workers. This would have the opposite effect and provide no incentive for companies to build additional housing.
Fateh also vows to protect all of Minneapolis’s communities from President Donald Trump. To do so, he would refuse to let the Minneapolis Police Department cooperate with ICE, even if there is a raid on criminal aliens.
“Our residents deserve a mayor that will stand up to Donald Trump and say ‘no, not in our community,'” Fateh says.
He would deal with higher crime rates if it meant not interacting with his sworn enemy.
The socialist then closes by calling for “diverting” calls from MPD to “diversify public safety response” and invest more money in social workers. This is music to the ears of criminals, who will interpret this along the lines of “defund the police.”
Fatah, a Democrat socialist, previously announced his run back in December, but his race is garnering new attention thanks to Mamdani’s unfortunate success in America’s most famous city.
It should also come as no surprise that Fateh regards Mamdani as a close friend. In fact, he held a phone bank and watch party on the day of the NYC primary to show his support.
Tuesday, June 24 – Delegate Phonebank & Zohran Watch Party
My friend and fellow DSA member, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor of New York City! Help us reach out to delegates from 6-8 PM and stay to watch Zohran make history in NYC. RSVP at https://t.co/4YrHmLmWjt pic.twitter.com/wLmDQ3OyRR
— Omar Fateh (@OmarFatehMN) June 21, 2025
Fateh may be facing a steeper climb than Mamdani because he is challenging a sitting politician, incumbent Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who has his own woke credentials. Frey is best known for getting humiliated by defund the police activists during the George Floyd riots back in 2020.
He even sobbed at the Floyd funeral.
But Fateh regards him as ‘too conservative.’ People should pray for Minneapolis and hope this guy does not take power.
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