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MacIntyre’s Somali-food jab names no candidate
The post leaves its target unnamed, while Minneapolis records Jacob Frey’s election win on November 4, 2025, before the reported restaurant video circulated.
Auron MacIntyre posted on October 14, 2026: “Bro looks like he just had to pretend to like Somalian food to win an election in Minnesota.”1 The post names no one. Hindustan Times reported that a video shared on December 5 shows Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey eating a traditional Somali meal at a Somali restaurant2.
“Bro looks like he just had to pretend to like Somalian food to win an election in Minnesota”
The city’s record places Frey’s win on November 4, 2025, so the restaurant meal came a month after the vote3. A claim that the meal was staged to win that election cannot be squared with a clip posted after the ballots were counted.
- November 4, 2025Minneapolis mayoral election
- October 14, 2026MacIntyre posted his claim
- December 5Hindustan Times says the video was shared
Hindustan Times framed the video as a response to President Donald Trump’s public remarks about Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The outlet said Frey sat with a few Somali people at the restaurant to show appreciation for Somali culture, and placed the visit amid a welfare-fraud controversy. Hindustan Times also characterized the visit as part of a public-relations campaign by Tim Walz, Frey and other state Democrats to repair the damage from the fraud scandal. Frey pledged that Minneapolis police would not cooperate with federal immigration raids targeting Somali neighborhoods, and said the city “stands with” its Somali residents2.
The city says Frey was elected after two rounds of ranked-choice tabulation. Frey finished with 73,723 final-round votes. The city lists his share as 50.03 percent. Omar Fateh received 65,377 final-round votes. The city lists his share as 44.37 percent3.
Minnesota families weighing a campaign claim about Frey MacIntyre’s claim about an unnamed person should start with the city’s published tabulation, not a social-media post. The city lists Frey as the official winner3.
Sources
- @AuronMacintyre on X, 2026-10-14: Bro looks like he just had to pretend to like Somalian food to win an election in Minnesota, 2026-10-14
- Viral video of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey eating at Somali restaurant sends internet into chaos: 'New meme unlocked' | Hindustan Times
- 2025 Mayor - City of Minneapolis