I just re-listened to this episode of "This American Life" from 2016 and Emmer was actually defending the Somali Minnesotans when his constituents in St Cloud were asking him to ban them. www.thisamericanlife.org/600/will-i-k...

Thank you for your work. I'm currently a paid subscriber but hate that I'm giving money to substack. Have you considered moving your work to a different platform?

Oh my gosh I stopped watching at 12 seconds 🫣

No, you were right. I work with older adults in rural MN and they do not like him. But their kids sure do.

I haven't been able to watch anything stressful since 2016. Only comedies and Great British Bake Off.