Somalia refugee Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) deleted a Juneteenth submit on slavery Thursday after being known as out for slavery at the moment being practiced in her residence nation. A special Juneteenth message by Omar that didn’t point out slavery stays on-line.
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Omar initially posted, “160 years in the past on June 19, 1865, slavery ended on this nation. Right this moment, we have fun Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and proceed the work to root out systematic racism from our insurance policies and establishments.”
At 1:10 p.m. EDT, MAGA poster Gunther Eagleman replied, “Somalia nonetheless has slaves. Ilhan ought to go combat to free her personal individuals.”
Somalia nonetheless has slaves. Ilhan ought to go combat to free her personal individuals. https://t.co/12V0fzaP52
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 19, 2025
At 1:23 p.m., Eagleman posted, “She deleted her submit.”
She deleted her submit https://t.co/Q2Cm7Flt3R pic.twitter.com/cQGTquNsIy
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 19, 2025
One other Juneteenth submit by Omar stays, “On Juneteenth, we keep in mind that freedom just isn’t at all times swift however it’s at all times well worth the combat. It’s a robust reminder of how lengthy justice can take to succeed in those that deserve it most. Right this moment, we have fun Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and proceed the work to root out systematic racism from our insurance policies and establishments.”
On Juneteenth, we keep in mind that freedom just isn’t at all times swift however it’s at all times well worth the combat. It’s a robust reminder of how lengthy justice can take to succeed in those that deserve it most.
Right this moment, we have fun Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and proceed the work to root…
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) June 19, 2025
Excerpt from a 2024 State Department report on human trafficking in Somalia:
IDPs, minority populations, individuals residing in al-Shabaab territory, and Somali kids working in casual sectors stay probably the most susceptible to intercourse trafficking and compelled labor. Some Somalis willingly give up custody of their kids to individuals with whom they share familial ties or clan linkages who could subsequently exploit a few of these kids in pressured labor or intercourse trafficking. Traffickers could exploit kids in pressured labor in agriculture, home work, herding, promoting or portering khat, crushing stones, fishing, pressured begging, or building.
A 2023 report by Walk Free estimated practically 100,000 enslaved individuals in Somalia:
Fact! pic.twitter.com/xysCkl7sYA
— Central Texas Patriot (@centtexpatriot) June 19, 2025
