The City of Buffalo Pulls Two Boneheaded Stunts

As RedState has documented, it is grow to be a factor in some blue cities to have fun Somali independence day to the extent that the pandering mayors of some of these cities, like Minneapolis Democrat Jacob Frey, have truly discovered to communicate the language and take part in some of the cultural traditions during celebrations that are held to commemorate the event.

LMAO! 🤣

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is holding on for expensive life while eating in a Somali restaurant just to “stick it to Trump.”

This is peak stage pandering. pic.twitter.com/OUXnIyMsWT

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) December 5, 2025

Minneapolis has been conquered by Somalia.

Mayor Jacob Frey makes that clear as he speaks Somali to the group. pic.twitter.com/msOiX8f9uk

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 30, 2025

READ MORE: As Fraud Investigations Roll Through Minnesota, Mayor Frey Tells Somalis ‘We See You As Family’

Frey makes an attempt to justify it in half because Minneapolis is home to the biggest Somali population in the nation. 

The same can’t be said, however, for Buffalo, New York, which has a population of around 280,000 people. The only factor I may discover on the quantity of Somalis residing in Buffalo was a 2024 announcement from a state lawmaker on the disclosing of a mural “celebrating the rich culture, resilience, and entrepreneurship of Buffalo’s Somali Bantu community on the West Side.” 

“The Somali Bantu refugees, more than 600 of which now reside in Buffalo, arrived in the city in several waves, the first of which took place in the summer of 2003,” Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera, a Democrat, famous at the time.

And yet even with that small quantity, the Somali flag has been raised every yr for 4 years by local refugee-centered non-profit Heal International in entrance of Buffalo’s City Hall at Niagara Square on July 1, which is the day Somalis have designated as their independence day.

They did it again this yr, with local elected officers selling it. But what made it even more infuriating was that the day before, the town had announced that they would not be placing on a fireworks show on July 4th:

Last I checked, THIS IS AMERICA, not Somalia.

There is no excuse for canceling a downtown Fourth of July celebration during America’s 250th anniversary while raising the flag of another nation at City Hall.

Not our flag. Not our values. NOT our nation. https://t.co/NRPvAeJe2F

— Rep. Claudia Tenney (@RepTenney) July 2, 2026

To recap the America 250 week in Buffalo:

City Hall cancelled a fireworks show and hung a Somali flag instead. pic.twitter.com/SXWj0aEPGg

— Michael Kracker (@makracker) July 1, 2026

WHY is Buffalo, NY raising the Somali flag for 0.2% of their population?! pic.twitter.com/DvoYqdmpEx

— KCinQC (@qc_cin) July 1, 2026

The cause given for a lack of a fireworks show on Independence Day was that “an appropriate site could not be identified that would provide a safe and widely accessible viewing experience for residents. As a result, the City will not be hosting a downtown fireworks display this year.”

It was a blow to residents contemplating the town’s Democrat mayor, Sean Ryan, had beforehand indicated there would certainly be a show:

The announcement comes as considerably a shock due to Ryan telling reporters just weeks in the past, “for the first time in a generation the city of Buffalo will be bringing fireworks back to downtown Buffalo,” including, “events like these are important.”

Further, it was also reported that the town’s official rationalization “made no sense” to some “because in its history the city has sponsored fireworks shows at a variety of locations, including Niagara Square, Delaware Park, Lasalle Park, and Riverside Park.” 

Needless to say, canceling the July 4th fireworks event and then turning around and honoring Somali independence day has angered some of us to the extent that in the in a single day hours, the flagpole was broken and the Somali flag was stolen.

An alleged risk to blow up City Hall is also being investigated:

Mayor Sean Ryan said it was taken in a single day by unknown suspects, who also broke the flag pole’s access panel and cut the cable.

[Buffalo Police Commissioner Erika] Shields said the flag was also the rationale behind online harassment directed toward metropolis lawmakers, and an alleged violent risk on City Hall. It’s a risk she says police are taking critically.

[…]

The commissioner said the individual behind the online risk has been recognized as somebody who lives exterior the City of Buffalo. She added that the division has not yet questioned that particular person, but intends to do so soon.

While I do not condone theft, vandalism, and threats of violence, I also do not condone an American metropolis seeming to show more respect for another nation’s independence day than our own, particularly contemplating this is America’s 250th anniversary. No matter the supposed causes why the official fireworks show was canceled, this was an completely boneheaded, tone-deaf transfer by the town, a horrible look.

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