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The Left Just Compared the Amish to Somalis, and It Backfired Spectacularly

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  July 01, 2026 8:30 AM

There's a post on X that sums up the Left so perfectly, it's worth sharing again. It pointed out that the Left feigns ignorance on issues so that we cannot possibly have meaningful discourse on certain topics.

This time, the topic is Somalis and assimilation, and this is how we know the critics of unfettered immigration from the corrupt Islamic African nation are absolutely over the target: Leftists are comparing Somalis to the Amish. 

This is like comparing apples and sea urchins. 

These two things are not, at the most fundamental level, anything alike. First, the Amish population is roughly 400,000 and rapidly growing, but there is no meaningful number of present-day Amish who are immigrants or foreign-born individuals. The numbers grow because most Amish families have more than five children, and a majority of children stay in the faith when they reach adulthood. Even the number of outsiders who convert to join the Amish community is small, less than 0.5 percent of the total population.

The Amish community also emphasizes self-reliance, mutual aid within the faith, and separation from government dependency. They opt out of programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Using food stamps is frowned upon, and while participation is not zero, it's low.

As for crime, serious violent crime is rare in the Amish community, representing a small fraction of arrests and court supervision. The most common issues are DUI, property crimes, and domestic issues. Amish men are not raping American women, murdering American men, or robbing innocent citizens.

The Amish don't openly hate America, and they don't wave the flags of the nations from which their ancestors came.

And when North Carolina was slammed by hurricanes, it was the Amish who stepped up to build temporary housing and help people displaced by the storms.

Meanwhile, the Somali community in Minnesota is the exact opposite. Some 81 percent of Somali-headed households are on at least one major welfare program; 54 percent receive SNAP benefits, 73 percent have one family member on Medicaid, and a quarter get cash welfare.

In the Twin Cities, Black individuals including Somalis account for about 37 percent of the arrests, including Somali gang activity, theft, fraud, and violent crimes. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty released Somali immigrant Abdimahat Bille Mohamed twice, despite Mohamed raping two women, including a 15-year-old. He was released and kidnapped and raped a third woman.

Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh was arrested in Somalia after fleeing arrest for his role in the massive fraud scandals in Minnesota. And millions of the fraud went to fund Al-Shabaab, the Somali-based Islamic terrorist group.

And just the other day, Minneapolis held a Somali independence festival, but none of these people want to return to the nation they're celebrating.

We don't hear stories like this from the Amish. The Amish are not giving press conferences saying their cities belong to Germany in the same way Somalis laid claim to Minneapolis. The Amish aren't threatening a theological takeover of our nation under which they'll subjugate non-believers in the way Somali Islamists have.

This wasn't the dunk Eakle thought it was, but it was revealing, and this comparison collapses under the weight its own absurdity. The Amish are a self-reliant, law-abiding, native-born Christian community that has lived peacefully in America for centuries without demanding welfare, committing disproportionate violence, or importing foreign loyalties. They have, in fact, assimilated as much as their faith will allow, and they have not stolen billions in welfare dollars while playing the victim card. Somalis in Minnesota represent the opposite: high welfare dependency, elevated crime involvement (especially gangs and fraud), resistance to assimilation, and open celebrations of Somalia amid American cities.

Pretending these groups are equivalent isn't ignorance; Eakle knows exactly what he was doing. But it is a deliberate rhetorical shield to avoid honest debate about immigration, culture, and national identity. The Left's false equivalence only proves the critics right, once again.