Politico Reporter Fantasizes About Somalis Killing Americans While They Investigate Daycare Fraud

The top legal reporter for Politico.com apparently suggested Tuesday a person can be legally shot for asking questions at the doorsteps of businesses.

“At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws,” said a X message from Josh Gerstein, Politico’s “Senior Legal Affairs Reporter.”

The threat was likely aimed at independent journalist Nick Shirley, who has precipitated a storm in the mainstream media about large-scale fraud and corruption by ethnic Somali business owners in Minnesota. Many establishment sites, including Politico, have ignored or downplayed the report, which has been widely reported on mainstream media sites and has reached more than 100 million views on X.

Amid the storm of condemnation and more than 10,000 hostile comments, Gerstein later defended himself with a second message, saying:  “To observe that something is likely to happen or there’s a serious risk of it happening is not to advocate for it happening.”

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