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The writer here seems to think that a few nice memes is all that is needed for him to not be seen as a radical neo-socialist. School lunches for children is great, but it has nothing to do with being a leader of the free world. Furthermore, it's not only important what political leaders do, but why and how. Minnesota taxes make New Jersey blush. He took the pandemic relief funds and rather than distributed it broadly, he spent it on progressive causes and then raised taxes again. He has been driving an exodus of business and upper-middle income people while having the lowest job growth in the Midwest and close to the worst in the country. He is forcing the EV transition and "net zero" by 2040, an impossibility especially in the Midwest. And of course there are not small matters like standing by while his cities burned and supporting the rioters, a perfect match for Harris who created a bail fund for them. He is also a good pal with the major Iman in MN who just also happens to yells about genocidal Israel and recommends a documentary praising Hitler that is popular with terrorists (I'm not making this up). Lest I forget, he is also all in on the gender-transitioning of minor children, which most Americans find disgusting.

Whatever he may have been or done before his political career, it is clear he read the MN Somali tea leaves and turned hard-left to get elected and grow power. He is a copy of Harris, in a campaign doing all it can to conceal what these folks are really about. Both are a perfect fit for San Francisco (my hometown) politics, the most Left-wing in the country.

I don't want partisan hit pieces on the FP, from either side. But I expect Bari's crew to get past campaign slogans and do some actual reporting. This piece was depressing because it indicates that people are looking for national feel-good parents, not serious leaders, in an extremely dangerous time. And, because it was a waste of my time.

A not trival number of pieces on The FP have been very lightweight and even immature. That's not what subscribers are here for.

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