Politics Friday: Tim Walz exit, ICE shooting puts glaring national spotlight on Minnesota

In any other week, at any other time, the abrupt end of a governor’s reelection campaign would be the kind of momentous story that dominates the headlines for many days — but this isn’t one of those weeks.

Minnesota is under tremendous pressure from internal and external forces. Any sense of civic cohesion is being strained.

On this special episode of Politics Friday, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with All Things Considered host Clay Masters and Capitol correspondent Dana Ferguson about a week that will go down as one of the most memorable in Minnesota history. The trio puts it into context and discusses how it will shape the election-year ahead.

Guests:

• Clay Masters is the host All Things Considered for MPR News.
• Dana Ferguson is a political correspondent for MPR News. 

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

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