Minneapolis couple hurl abuse at Somali family who were house shopping in their neighborhood - but DENY they are racist

Daily Mail UK ^ | June 25, 2026 | Will Potter

[Morgana]

Brian and Jen Wagner got into a verbal spat with the Somali family in the suburb of Shakopee, Minnesota, this week.

The family claimed they were accosted out of the blue while looking through the neighborhood, with video showing Brian Wagner told them: 'Nobody wants you here.'

'Not a single person here wants you,' he added, the footage shows. 'I can smell you from here.'

He then appeared to reference ongoing fraud investigations in Minnesota that have been connected to the Somali community, as he questioned: 'Where’d you get your money for the house? All you do is steal.'

A woman filming the hostile encounter then fired back: 'Worry about your own money. You're sad as f***.'

'Oh my god get a petition or something. Why are you guys so worried? Why are you so oppressed? Nobody bothered you guys, you guys decide to be in people’s business,' she said.

After the footage circulated across social media and sparked backlash from Minnesota politicians, the Wagners said through their attorney that the video was taken out of context and insisted they were not racist.

[Antoninus]

What purpose does their article serve?

"See? Islamophobia and racism. As recompense, you should allow us to loot your social services with impunity and live like kings while you continue to pay your taxes."

[Vaduz]

Yep and drunk drivers have to get to work too. /s

[wafflehouse]

and, if everyone is a racist then nobody is a racist

[blackdog]

All of my children graduated from U of Minnesota, Twin Cities, over the course of eighteen years. One is now a lawyer. One is an engineer on satellite communications systems. One is a librarian.

The deteriorating social conditions around Minneapolis became increasingly concerning as the years added up. At this point I wouldn't support any academic or professional endeavors in Minnesota. It's a dystopian wreck with a toxic army of state bureaucrats. They work and act only for their self interests and expansion of power, over working for the taxpayers. The state itself has no control of the Twin Cities mess. It controls the whole state unfortunately.

[MayflowerMadam]

“tell the others then!”

What others? You mean the ones that set up phony NGOs like Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Annunciation House, Kino Border Initiative, La Posada Providencia, Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service), Church World Service (CWS), Interfaith Welcome Coalition, The SBC’s Send Relief, etc.?

I’m pretty sure that if I told them anything they would laugh at me. They’re not gonna end the grift.

[PeterPrinciple]

Maybe they hate the Somali culture and not their skin color.
BINGO!! Often what is seen as racism is actually a commentary on a culture and their character. Every race has a few rotten apples, which is a reflection of the character of those rotten apples, not necessarily the race.

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I have rented and sold property to Hispanics. The city doesn’t like it and attacks me. Good people, better than the natives. But i pick and choose and test my potential buyers. They should be thankful that i didn’t choose some bad candidates..................was tempting

[Georgia Girl 2]

😆

[bantam]

Sorry, yep.
What’s the issue here?

[bantam]

Why are the only people who can’t be racist are whites??
Everyone else can be, but nope, not white folks!

[clearcarbon]

"Minneapolis couple hurl abuse at Somali family who were house shopping in their neighborhood - but DENY they are racist"

If a Minneapolis couple try to assault or run over ICE agents visiting their neighborhood, is that racist?

[Dan Zachary]

Republican administrations made the programs to bring Somalians to Minneapolis

Quite the stretch to blame Republicans for what the dems and Somalians did though. Sure they made it possible for people from that country to escape the terror going on there, but Republicans had nothing to do with the programs run by the MN dems, nothing to do with doling out piles of cash to obvious fraud, nothing to do with ignoring the whistleblowers, nothing to do with letting them off easy when caught, etc.