Ms. Rachel says ‘hijabs are beautiful’ after Trump posts video of Minnesota kindergarten graduation

In The Know Ms. Rachel says ‘hijabs are beautiful’ after Trump posts video of Minnesota kindergarten graduation Comments: by TheHill.com - 07/09/26 1:40 PM ET Comments: Link copied by TheHill.com - 07/09/26 1:40 PM ET Comments: Link copied

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YouTube entertainer Ms. Rachel on Wednesday posted on social media that “hijabs are beautiful” after President Trump posted a video online of a Minnesota kindergarten graduation showing children wearing hijabs.

Ms. Rachel, whose full name is Rachel Accurso, took to Instagram to congratulate the children.

“I saw some of you wore a hijab to your graduation,” she wrote. “I am glad you wore something meaningful and special to you and your family. I think hijabs are beautiful. Different kids wear different things that are a part of their cultures and religions, such as hijabs, kippahs, or necklaces with a cross. Some kids don’t wear anything that is from their religion or are not religious.”

She added that no matter what the children wore, “we all belong.”

“No one’s hurtful words can take away our worth and our value!” she continued. “Just because someone says something does not mean it’s true!”

Accurso said learning other traditions is “wonderful,” adding that she attended a Hanukkah celebration, an Eid brunch and her family’s Christmas celebration all last year. She encouraged children that if someone “says anything hurtful about something you are wearing, tell a grown-up you trust. This will help us keep our communities and world safe.”

“Do you feel proud?” she concluded in her post. “I’m so proud of you! What was your favorite part of kindergarten? When I was in kindergarten, I liked to color with crayons. You are always welcome in my classroom, too!”

Her post never mentions Trump by name.

The message came after Trump shared the graduation video. The video was not posted with a caption, but instead was shared with a screenshot of the End Wokeness account from the social platform X, which wrote that the video depicted a “public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab… in kindergarten.”

Many of the girls in the video are seen wearing hijabs, as they and all the boys are singing while dressed in graduation robes and caps.

Trump has been outspoken in using anti-immigrant rhetoric in his verbal attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community, directing his administration to investigate fraud within the state, some of which involved members of the Somali community, and deploying federal immigration officers to the region earlier this year.

Accurso’s been a staunch defender of children of other cultures and countries. Last month, she visited the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, N.J., to meet with families separated by detainment.

She has also been a staunch defender of the children in the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war. Accurso has received criticism for talking about Palestinian children, but she has defended her outreach and message by saying all “children should be protected.”

“All children have the right to food, water, medical care and education,” she wrote on Instagram in April. “All children should be protected from violence.”

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