On Friday, Power Line Blog posted an article about Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate Abdi Daisane, who was elected to represent Minnesota’s House District 14A in the Minnesota Legislature.

The article quotes Fox News:

The owner of a Somali daycare center that has faced scrutiny over state and federal funding and is linked to a massive fraud settlement won a seat in the Minnesota legislature Tuesday night.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate Abdi Daisane defeated a Republican incumbent to win Minnesota’s House District 14A seat in St. Cloud, Minnesota, becoming the first Somali-born lawmaker in the statehouse from St. Cloud.

The article notes:

The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a long piece (paywall) celebrating Daisane’s “historic” victory, under the headline,

A first for St. Cloud as Somali American man elected to Legislature

The article runs for some ten (10) paragraphs and quotes the representative-elect,

I’m Somali-American. I’m a Muslim. I’m Black. I’m an immigrant.

Yet, somehow, in those 10 paragraphs, the subject of Mr. Daisane’s business comes up only in passing, and in the last sentence of paragraph 9,

Since then, he’s opened a child care business and done consulting work to help other entrepreneurs.

Only in America. Well, only in Minnesota, perhaps.

In America, you are innocent until proven guilty. However, I have questions.