Omar Fateh, wanda ke wakiltar Minnesota a majalisar dattijai a jihar tun daga shekarar 2020, ya bayyana takararsa na magajin garin Minneapolis a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 2024. A kwanakin baya, ya fuskanci tsangwama daga masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ta yanar gizo, ciki har da yawaitar kalaman kyama da kyamar baki da bakar fata da ke nuna shakku kan asalinsa, imaninsa, da cancantarsa na tsayawa takara.
Rigimar ta fara ne lokacin da Charlie Kirk, ɗan gwagwarmayar ra'ayin mazan jiya kuma shugaban ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu ta Turning Point USA, ya buga kalamai masu tayar da hankali akan X (tsohon Twitter). A cikin sakon nasa, Kirk ya yi ikirarin cewa: "An umurci musulmi da su karbi mulki a kasar da suke zaune," ya kuma kara da cewa, "yunkurin da Musulunci ya yi na mamaye Amurka ya samu ne saboda gudun hijira mai yawa."
Turning Point Amurka ta bayyana kanta a matsayin ƙungiyar da ke ba da damar 'yan ƙasa na kowane zamani don Tashi gaba da Hagu mai tsattsauran ra'ayi don kare 'yanci, kasuwanni masu 'yanci, da iyakacin gwamnati. A baya Kirk ya sha suka game da hare-haren da ya kai wa Musulunci da kuma kiran George Floyd a matsayin "mai zamba" bayan mutuwar Bakar fata a hannun 'yan sanda a shekarar 2020.
Bayan sakon Kirk - wanda ya sami ra'ayi sama da miliyan 4 - masu amfani da shafukan sada zumunta da yawa sun fara bayyana irin wannan ra'ayi, suna masu cewa Fateh ba 'yar Amurka ba ce. Wasu kuma sun tambayi dalilin da yasa 'yan gudun hijirar Somaliya ke zaune a Minnesota, tare da wani sakon da ke tambaya, "Su wanene wadannan mutane? Ta yaya suka isa can? Wanene ya ba da kuɗi? Kuma mafi mahimmanci - ta yaya za mu iya mayar da su BACK?"
Fateh, wanda aka haifa a Washington, DC, ga iyayen baƙi na Somaliya, ya ba da amsa a bainar jama'a a kan X, yana rubuta: "Minneapolis birni ne mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa wanda ya tsaya tsayin daka a cikin halayenmu na ci gaba. Kiyayyar da na gani a yau - kuma mafi yawan kwanaki - ba wanda za mu kasance ba." Ya kuma kare dabi'ar al'adu daban-daban na birnin, wanda wasu masu amfani da yanar gizo suka yi suka da cewa "bambanta."
Masu amfani da shafukan sada zumunta masu adawa da Fateh sun yada hotuna da memes na karya da ke nuna shi a matsayin dan fashin teku na Somaliya daga fim din Hollywood Captain Phillips.
Wasu kuma sun ta da labarin da ya gabata game da surukinsa, Muse Mohamud Mohamed, wanda aka yanke masa hukunci a shekarar 2020 da laifin yi wa wani babban juri na tarayya karya a shari’ar da ta shafi cin zarafin kuri’un da ba ya halarta yayin zaben fidda gwani. Duk da cewa babu wata hujja da ke alakanta Fateh da shari'ar, masu sharhi na dama sun yi amfani da shi wajen nuna shakku kan amincinsa.
Wasu daga cikin hare-haren sun auna kabilanci da addinin Fateh. Kamar yadda wani mai amfani ya rubuta akan X: "Dalilin da yasa 'yan jam'iyyar MAGA suka fusata kan Omar Fateh ya tsaya takarar magajin gari shine saboda launin fatarsa yana bata musu rai kuma suna kyamar Islama."