Reading the Twitter account of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last week, you would have thought the man had traveled to Mars and back based on the posts that followed visits to Ely Thursday and Moorhead Friday.
My favorite was this one from April 7 that read: “Started yesterday on the Iron Range and ended with John Mellencamp at the State Theater. #oneminnesota.”
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