Sep 30, 2026 · 36 min · 9 segments
Conventional wisdom says a swing district demands a candidate who runs to the center. Matt Little did the opposite, and won his primary in the most evenly divided district in Minnesota running…
And one of the things that directly affects the MAGA base more than anything than disproportionately, but everywhere is.
And it's funny, Minnesota, you know, being a mayor and councilman and stuff like that.
But my God, has it been in the news the last couple of years? And I wanted to ask you about that just from like a kind of like an experiential level of just like watching your state that has typically had somewhat of a low profile on like national political drama.
All of a sudden, in so many ways and so many storylines, basically since Governor Walz ran for vice president.
Like, how has that felt in the assassinations? And I could go on and on and on about all the drama.
And, you know, and I would say our Minnesota's jump onto the national political scene started with the murder of George Floyd.
And I just, you know, the fact that this is really the only assassination in modern times happens here in Minnesota with people I knew, still really hard to talk about.
I was thinking about—unfortunately, I was thinking about that this morning because, like, every time I leave the house right now— I don't blame you.
And so I think it's been very hard because— I think as Minnesotans, we feel an obligation to show people how to navigate, show people how to grieve and show people how to get through it and fight back.
I think that's what's really tough is you can't trip up because the people that are doing the wrong want us to.
And, you know, I specifically I just I never thought something like that would happen here in our country.
And one of the things that directly affects the MAGA base more than anything than disproportionately, but everywhere is.
And it's funny, Minnesota, you know, being a mayor and councilman and stuff like that.
But my God, has it been in the news the last couple of years? And I wanted to ask you about that just from like a kind of like an experiential level of just like watching your state that has typically had somewhat of a low profile on like national political drama.
All of a sudden, in so many ways and so many storylines, basically since Governor Walz ran for vice president.
Like, how has that felt in the assassinations? And I could go on and on and on about all the drama.
And, you know, and I would say our Minnesota's jump onto the national political scene started with the murder of George Floyd.
And I just, you know, the fact that this is really the only assassination in modern times happens here in Minnesota with people I knew, still really hard to talk about.
I was thinking about—unfortunately, I was thinking about that this morning because, like, every time I leave the house right now— I don't blame you.
And so I think it's been very hard because— I think as Minnesotans, we feel an obligation to show people how to navigate, show people how to grieve and show people how to get through it and fight back.
I think that's what's really tough is you can't trip up because the people that are doing the wrong want us to.
And, you know, I specifically I just I never thought something like that would happen here in our country.
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