{"id":34126,"date":"2026-01-19T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=34126"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:00:08","slug":"david-marcus-sorry-omar-fateh-were-not-doing-no-go-zones-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=34126","title":{"rendered":"DAVID MARCUS: Sorry Omar Fateh, We\u2019re Not Doing No-Go Zones in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a chilling series of social media posts over the weekend, Omar Fateh<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, a Minnesota state senator and former mayoral candidate in Minnesota<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, declared that Minneapolis\u2019s Cedar-Riverside<\/span><\/span><\/strong> neighborhood would be a \u201cno-go zone for white supremacists.\u201d The imagery was stark: Fateh standing before the iconic Riverside Plaza towers with the message, \u201cCedar Strong. White Supremacists aren\u2019t welcome here. We protect our own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo-go zone\u201d is a loaded term, imported from European debates to describe areas where the rule of law is said to be weak and certain people are unsafe. That framing alone should alarm anyone who values a single standard of citizenship. In America, neighborhoods do not get to decide who may enter them\u2014full stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

When challenged online with the simple reminder that Americans can go where they please, Fateh doubled down: \u201cThis is a No-Go zone for white supremacists.\u201d The obvious question follows\u2014who decides who qualifies? But even before that, a more basic principle applies. In the United States, abhorrent views are still protected speech. A person could, legally, parade in offensive attire on a public sidewalk in Minneapolis. We defend that freedom not because the views are acceptable, but because the alternative\u2014selective access to public space\u2014is far worse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not be na\u00efve about the subtext. Fateh is unlikely to mean only avowed neo-Nazis. In recent months, Minnesota Democrats\u2014including Tim Walz<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, Jacob Frey<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and Ilhan Omar<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2014have repeatedly characterized lawful actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/span><\/span><\/strong> as racism. In that climate, it\u2019s reasonable to worry that support for border enforcement\u2014or even Donald Trump<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2014could be swept into the definition of \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The concern isn\u2019t hypothetical. Pro-Trump counter-protesters in Minneapolis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> were reportedly assaulted, and one man was threatened for wearing an American flag sweatshirt in freezing temperatures. Against that backdrop, promising a \u201cno-go zone\u201d reads less like rhetoric and more like encouragement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fateh and his allies have also attacked journalists such as Nick Shirley<\/span><\/span><\/strong> for reporting on a massive fraud case tied to Somali-run nonprofits\u2014an investigation federal prosecutors say siphoned billions from programs for children and seniors. The instinct to shield a community from scrutiny is understandable; endorsing exclusion from public space is not.<\/span><\/p>\n

We abolished \u201csundown towns\u201d because they violated the core American idea that rights do not depend on race, creed, or politics. Creating modern, ideological versions\u2014however well-intentioned the language\u2014revives the same poison. Minnesota, and Democrats especially, should say clearly and without caveat: there will be no European-style no-go zones here. One country, one set of laws, for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a chilling series of social media posts over the weekend, Omar Fateh, a Minnesota state senator and former mayoral candidate in Minnesota, declared that Minneapolis\u2019s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood would be a \u201cno-go zone for white supremacists.\u201d The imagery was stark: Fateh standing before the iconic Riverside Plaza towers with the message, \u201cCedar Strong. White Supremacists…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}