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Former state trooper John Nagel pointed the finger at his opponent, Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for allowing Somali-American gang-linked violence to escalate in the Twin Cities.Residents of Eden Prairie and surrounding Twin Cities suburbs have been left fearing for their safety after a string of gang-related incidents this month, including the shooting of two teens shot outside an Eden Prairie high school football game and more than 100 shell casings recovered in a Bloomington neighborhood."Where is Ilhan Omar in all of this?" Nagel, a Minnesota native who spent 30 years as a state trooper, asked in an interview with Fox News Digital.
"I would think that as a congressman that represents this particular area that she'd be at these meetings or she'd have a statement or she’d be sitting down and saying, ‘Hey, how can we help this? How could we stop this?’ And I don't see her."OMAR'S GOP CHALLENGER COMES OUT FIRING WITH VOW TO CLEAN UP 'MESS' IN DEEP BLUE DISTRICT: 'PEOPLE ARE FED UP'John Nagel blamed his opponent, Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for not doing enough to stop violence tied to Somali-American gangs in the Twin Cities.
(Fox News Digital ; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)Nagel accused other Minnesota Democrats, including Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, of having their "heads in the sand" and preventing law enforcement from stopping the violence before it got out of control."They're being restrained by politicians, people that are trying soft on crime, people that're trying to send somebody other than a police officer to take care of issues, and it's not working," Nagel said.Looking at the responses of statewide leaders, including Gov.Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, Nagel said the majority of Democrats "don’t want enforcement.""The people do," he said.
"They're tired of it."Democrats have been too lenient on crime for years, according to Nagel, which he said has "emboldened" gang members to b...