Fateh had to constantly cater to the Somali community and barely reached out to any other group, all while getting hate from the right-wing establishment. Somalis make up less than 10% of Minneapolis’s population but Somalis make you think they make up 90%. Once we hit second round, expect the lead to grow by over 20% that gap isnt just because X clan boycotted him, but people will delude themselves into believing their little boycotts did that, making future Somalis be even more inter-community focussed.
It was just a weird campaign from a non-Somali point of view. You had this Somali guy constantly talking to and interacting with his own community, while Frey shows up, speaks some broken Somali, and that’s enough for him to even contest the Somali vote.
Fateh didn’t realize that being Somali is a 0–2 situation when a white guy waves a Somali flag, it’s seen as endearing; when a Somali does it, he’s accused of dual loyalty.
Besides, Frey is a much stronger public speaker than Fateh. Fateh’s eyes are constantly on his paper instead of looking at the crowd.
