Jamal Osman

10/20/2026

🇺🇸🗳️Your vote is your voice. And in 15 days, we have a chance to shape what comes next.

👉🏾But we don’t have to wait. Vote early. Bring a friend. Remind someone who’s wondering whether their vote matters that it absolutely does.

The future we want takes all of us showing up. Let’s go vote - and let’s vote DFL. 💙 —Jamal

10/17/2026

📢🗣️The Somali American Police Association - SAPA is hosting a Public Safety Town Hall to talk about youth violence, gun violence, and community safety.

👉🏾I encourage parents, youth, and community members to attend - ask questions, and be part of the conversation.

🗓️ Sunday, October 18th
🕕6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📍Martiya, 3036 Nicollet Ave,

See y’all there! —J

10/16/2026

📢🗳️Our republic’s future belongs to all of us. Voting is one way we help shape it.

👉🏾Make a plan, bring a friend, and make your voice heard. —Jamal

Minnesota's early voting period begins Friday, Oct. 16, letting voters cast ballots in person and put them straight into a ballot counter, much like voting at a polling place on Election Day. | Link to full story in the comments.

10/15/2026

📢 🚖Today, we did not get the votes needed to override Mayor Frey’s veto of Workers Drive Minneapolis.

I’m disappointed.

But I am not walking away from this issue - and I am certainly not walking away from the workers who asked us to stand with them.

We fought for rideshare drivers because their jobs matter. Their families matter. And the contribution they make to our neighborhoods and local economy matters.

At the same time, I understand that autonomous vehicles are coming.

We cannot stop technology from changing transportation, and we shouldn’t pretend that change isn’t happening.

👉🏾 But that does not mean Minneapolis should have no rules.

Companies operating commercial robotaxis on our streets should be licensed.

They should be regulated.

We should have clear standards for safety, emergency response, insurance, privacy, accessibility, data, and accountability when something goes wrong.

And the people whose livelihoods could be disrupted deserve a voice while those rules are written.

Today’s vote ended one ordinance.

It did not end our responsibility to govern this technology.

That is why we have already started the process of bringing new legislation forward.

I respect the colleagues who reached a different conclusion on Workers Drive Minneapolis. These are difficult questions, and reasonable people can disagree about the right approach.

But I also believe there is common ground here.

Whether you supported our ordinance or opposed it, Minneapolis still needs to answer a basic question:

What rules should companies follow before commercial autonomous vehicles become part of everyday life on our streets?

I intend to keep working on that question - with drivers, residents, my Council colleagues, state leaders, transportation advocates, and anyone else willing to come to the table.

We may not have won this vote.

👉🏾 But the responsibility to protect the public, establish accountability, and make sure working people have a voice did not disappear with it.

I fought alongside these workers before.

I stood with them through this vote.

And I will keep standing with them in whatever comes next.

✊🏾Progress should work for people, too.
— CVP Jamal Osman (W6, DFL)

BREAKING: The Minneapolis City Council has failed to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of an ordinance to regulate commercial autonomous vehicles. ⬇️Click the link in the comments to read more.

10/15/2026

📢✊🏾Today I stood with rideshare drivers, workers, and small business owners because these jobs matter.

Many of these drivers are immigrants. Many are East African. They work hard every day to support their families, pay rent, buy groceries, and contribute to our local economy.

👉🏾Tomorrow, I will vote to override the Mayor’s veto. I am also calling on my City Council colleagues to stand with workers, immigrant communities, and working families and override the veto.

🤍 Thank you to Council Member Robin Wonsley for your leadership and always standing with working families. —Jamal

10/14/2026

📢🗳️Our democracy is stronger when we all take part. Make a plan to vote, encourage someone you know, and make sure YOUR voice is heard👇🏾

10/13/2026

🇸🇴🇺🇸Many Somali Americans see more than a search warrant. We see years of rhetoric, accusations, and attempts to make our community feel like we don’t belong.

We belong here.

👉🏾Rep. Ilhan Omar was elected by the people. She has the right to serve without being subjected to endless political targeting.

Today, I stand with Ilhan. Today, I stand with our community. —J

10/11/2026

📢🚒Tonight, I’m thinking about our neighbors along East Franklin Avenue and the firefighters working to protect them.

👉🏾Two Minneapolis firefighters were injured responding to today’s three-alarm fire. I spoke with Fire Chief Freeman and both are reported to be in stable condition. I’m grateful they are receiving care, and I’m wishing them a full recovery. Their families and their fellow firefighters are in my thoughts.

We ask a great deal of the people who answer these calls. Today is a reminder of what that service can demand, and why our gratitude must come with support.

🤍To everyone responding: thank you. And to our neighbors: please avoid the immediate area, give crews room to work, and follow directions from emergency responders.

Franklin Avenue is home to so many of the people and places that make our community who we are. Tonight, let’s look out for one another.
—Jamal

10/09/2026

Minneapolis has already shown it’s stronger than the hateful attacks any President can throw at us.

I stand with our Somali community and am going to remain vigilant in support of all of our neighbors as the election nears.

10/08/2026

📢🇺🇸Mr. President, Somali Minnesotans are your constituents too. Your responsibility to protect them is no different from your responsibility to protect any other American.

The Somali American families you are talking about want what families across this country want: a safe neighborhood, an honest living, and a better future for their children. They deserve a president who recognizes that their safety matters too.

I believe people who break the law should be held accountable. I believe victims deserve justice. And I believe no one should have to answer for someone else’s wrongdoing because they share a faith or a heritage. Those principles belong together.

When a president tells people to “fight back” while singling out an entire community, those words carry consequences.

👉🏾A child should never have to walk into school wondering whether the president has given someone permission to treat them as an enemy.

Our country has seen this pattern before: neighbors portrayed as outsiders, whole communities treated as suspect - Americans asked to prove they belong.

That history calls on us to speak up now.

I will work with anyone to prevent violence and keep our neighborhoods safe. And I will stand up to anyone who puts our neighbors at risk.

Both are part of the job I was elected to do.

👉🏾To Somali American families across Minnesota: this is your home. You belong here. Your children have every right to help shape this country’s future.

I am proud to be Somali American. I am proud to serve Minneapolis. And I will keep defending the promise of equal dignity and equal protection for every one of our neighbors.

Mr. President, your responsibility extends to all of us. We deserve leadership that honors it.
—CVP Jamal Osman (W6, DFL)