The Matt McNeil Show – April 15, 2022

Hour 1 segment 1: Byron Buxton gets injured yet again. And Scott Jensen makes another (very) dubious claim about Minnesota’s COVID-19 death rate.

Hour 1 segment 2: More on Jensen’s faulty logic on Minnesota’s COVID-19 death rate.

Hour 1 segment 3: Our Democrat of the Day is Arik Forsman who is running in house district 8B, which includes portions of eastern Duluth and surrounding areas.

Hour 1 segment 4: The MN COVID-19 update.

Hour 2 segment 1: A few national news stories that will give Republicans heartburn! Then Brett Johnson speaks with Walker Orenstein of MinnPost. They discuss a carbon fuel standards bill at the legislature and take a look at MinnPost’s list of all the candidates running for state legislature and what rural races Walker thinks will be most competitive.

Hour 2 segment 2: A look at fundraising numbers of all the candidates running for governor (hint: Walz is way ahead). Then why Democrats are way too reactionary and not proactive when it comes to messaging.

Hour 2 segment 3: Dancing to close the week! This time to Easter Parade by Judy Garland.