Why does he refuse to condemn them?

[Dill]

(10-07-2020, 10:22 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Trump said Minnesotans have good genes. To claim it meant anything else is twisting his words. You're claiming he means all non-Somali Minnesotans have good genes, that's the very definition of twisting his words. 

Now, if you want to use his other speeches to claim that he doesn't actually believe that ALL Minnesotans have good genes, go ahead. But, to claim that when he said "Minnesotans have good genes" he's saying something other than "Minnesotans have good genes" you are twisting his words.

Whoa Philhos, slow down.

I'm not claiming he is saying something other than "Minnesotans have good genes" when he says "Minnesotans have good genes."

I am claiming there is no reason to suppose he means African refugees/immigrants/citizens in Minnesota when he says "Minnesotans." 

You simply ASSUME that he means what you would mean--all PEOPLE in Minnesota--including African immigrants.

But to get there you have to do what you so far have not--explain WHY, in this speech (not another) casting African refugees, including citizens, as people who don't belong in Minnesota, we are to assume them included in a later reference to "people of Minnesota."

Their ancestors weren't the farmers and fishermen who gave today's Minnesotans their genes, were they?

An additional point about genes: you can't have good genes without implying there are bad ones any more than you could claim that all high school students in the US have above average grades. Some people have to have not-so-good genes somewhere. Or could all states have above-average genes? Fred is quite right to see the implication of "superior" genes in Trump's compliment to "all" Minnesotans.