A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll released Tuesday night showed GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen trailing Gov. Tim Walz by 18 points.
Reaction to that result caused a bit of a dust-up on Twitter after Jensen’s running mate, Matt Birk, tweeted a personal attack against GOP political commentator Michael Brodkorb.
Brodkorb has been a critic of Jensen’s candidacy and his prospects for beating Walz in November throughout the campaign. On Tuesday, Brodkorb reiterated his criticisms of the ticket following the release of the poll.
“Michael- never heard of you so I looked you up. Google says your expertise is in adulterous affairs and driving while drunk- nothing about politics. Might want to sit this one out bud,” Birk tweeted. (Brodkorb left his staff job at the Minnesota Senate in 2011 after having an affair with his boss. After an alcohol-related car crash in 2013, he has campaigned against drunken driving.)
Brodkorb fired back:
Matt, you know we’ve met more than once through Catholic school athletic events. Your personal attacks on me tonight show everyone why you’re losing the election and why you’re unfit for office. #mngov https://t.co/PoIMLQZ9CV
— Michael Brodkorb (@mbrodkorb) September 7, 2022
The Associated Press reports Target is getting rid of a mandatory retirement age of 65 for its CEO — and is keeping Chief Executive Brian Cornell around for three more years.
MPR’s Michelle Wiley reports that a judge has denied the Traverse County attorney’s attempt to intervene in Doe v. Minnesota, the case which earlier this summer struck down many of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions.
MPR’s Kirsti Marohn reports that once again, residents of drought-stricken western states want to tap the Mississippi River for water.
KMSP’s Babs Santos reports Brooklyn Park residents are not happy about a large colony of feral cats. “The cat colony has recently exploded in size to more than 200 animals that come out at night and take over the block.”
The Star Tribune’s James Walsh has a piece on a St. Paul firefighter who absolutely crushed the department’s physical fitness test record — and also happens to be a woman.
In the discussion of sending water to the SW I find it humorous that everyone is just ignoring that there’s a bloody great mountain range between most of the cities that need water and the Mississippi. You think pumping water thousands of miles is expensive and logistically difficult, try pumping it uphill by thousands of feet to get over the Rockies.
You’d have thought that Jensen’s handlers would have put a gag on Birk by now…
Republicans believe in free speech. You guys should try it sometime.
It’s interesting that after a constant barrage of negative ads against Dr. Jensen on his stand on abortion, and virtually ZERO Jensen ads, Walz still polls at only 51%. You have to wonder what this race would be like if Jensen had any money because Walz certainly does not deserve to be rewarded with re-election.
Jensen ads only help him if he had a coherent message about. Republicans who follow Trump are dishonest. What they say about opponents can be disregarded. It would be refreshing to hear about something positive they want to do for all Minnesotans.
What Dr. Jensen would do for all the people of Minnesota would be to rid this state of the tyrannical rule of Walz, et al. It would be nice to have a Family Doctor of the Year as governor instead of someone who passionately promotes infant death.
Dennis…. please, can the sob stories. Do Jensen/Birk and their inept staff a favor and school them on human relations techniques for their next political effort.
Oh to possess the godlike qualities of fetus fetishist Matt Birk, evaluating others from On High, from a moral promontory not seen since the construction of Confederate monuments.
Pollsters amateur and pro are simply preparing Birk for the worst … and this is the thanks they get!