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A CNN panel erupted on Monday night after a conservative commentator called out the Minnesota lieutenant governor for appearing to wear a hijab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minnesota Democratic Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan was seen on a Somali TV station wearing what appears to be a hijab at a mall, as a widespread fraud scandal implicating some Somali<\/a> residents plagues the state.<\/p>\n

“The Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota,” Flanagan said,<\/a> looking into the camera.<\/p>\n

For Muslim women, wearing a headscarf known as a hijab is typically a sign of obedience to God and worn to show modesty. Flanagan is a divorced and remarried Catholic who supports socially-liberal policies like transgender identity for children and abortion rights. The contrast between wearing conservative Muslim garb with socially-liberal policies became a contentious segment on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.”<\/p>\n

HOW FEARS OF BEING LABELED ‘RACIST’ HELPED ‘PROVIDE COVER’ FOR THE EXPLODING MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The catering to the Somali community<\/a> that goes on by the Democrats in Minnesota is a little weird, is it not?” Jennings asked. “They\u2019ve got the lieutenant governor up there dressed like the Handmaid\u2019s Tale.”<\/p>\n

Jennings was referring to Margaret Atwood\u2019s “The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,” a\u00a0<\/i>dystopian novel about life under a totalitarian theocracy where a class of women are forced to bear children amid a fertility crisis. Liberal protesters often wear the modest outfit with its red robes and bonnet as a visual shorthand to warn that America is set to become that same type of dystopia.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Why do they cater to them?”<\/a> Jennings asked. “It’s such a small portion of the population.\u00a0Democrats put them at the center of everything.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

CNN host Abby Phillip balked at comparing the hijab to the handmaids’ outfits.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think it would be acceptable for you to make a statement like that about Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn. Why on earth is it acceptable to make a statement like that about people \u2014,” Phillip responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s a White liberal woman dressing in [a hijab],” Jennings interjected.<\/p>\n

SOMALI FRAUD PROBE IN MINNESOTA UNDERSCORES GROWING WARNINGS ON CASH REACHING EXTREMISTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“You\u2019re denigrating the religious practices of a group for no reason,” Phillip argued.<\/p>\n

“She’s not religious,” Jennings said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson representing Flanagan responded by telling Fox News Digital, “While the Lt. Governor was showing her support for small businesses and communities being terrorized by ICE, she was handed a scarf by a friend and briefly wore it out of respect. The real outrage should not be a scarf, but masked men throwing American citizens into vans and violating the constitution.”<\/p>\n

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