Comic Relief from Mike Huckabee
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:34 am
Comic Relief from Mike Huckabee who is running hard to be the biggest religious nutter in the field.
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9746210/m ... -minnesota
yrs,
rubato
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9746210/m ... -minnesota
Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation.
Updated by Dara Lind on November 16, 2015, 4:30 p.m. ET @DLind dara@vox.com
Tweet Share +
Mike Huckabee said today that the United States shouldn't be taking in Syrian refugees because it is cold in Minnesota.
The best thing about this statement is that it refutes itself. Minnesota is actually one of the most welcoming states in the country when it comes to refugees. In the 1980s, the Minneapolis–St. Paul area became the top destination in the US for Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War. And starting in the 1990s, Minnesota has been one of the leading destinations for Somali refugees as well.
In 2014 (the last year for which data is available), 2,232 refugees from other countries settled in Minnesota — giving it a refugees-per-capita rate double the US average.
Here's where those refugees were coming from:
minnesota refugees minnpost
yrs,
rubato