Minnesota fraud issue dominates Senate and governor debates; left-leaning outlets silent so far
Photo: Fox NewsRepublican Tafoya and Democratic Lt. Gov. Flanagan met in a Minnesota U.S. Senate debate on Friday, 18 days before the midterm elections, with the state's fraud controversy central to the exchange. The NPR News-hosted event was described as the first and possibly only debate between the two, and Tafoya had earlier appeared at a separate KSTP debate. Separately, the fraud scandal also dominated a gubernatorial debate in which Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican Lisa Demuth, competing to replace Tim Walz, clashed.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. Right-leaning coverage leads in two directions: The Daily Signal presents the Senate debate as a referendum on Flanagan's record as lieutenant governor, while Fox News focuses on the Walz-era fraud scandal in the Klobuchar-Demuth gubernatorial debate, including a pointed question about why more wasn't done. NewsNation, the independent outlet, describes a spirited Tafoya-Flanagan debate and puts fraud at its center. The sources therefore differ on which race they highlight.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; right sources stress Flanagan's record and Walz-era fraud, while alternative sources emphasize fraud's centrality to the Senate debate.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
NewsNation leads with fraud as the central issue in a spirited Friday Senate debate between Tafoya and Flanagan, naming the candidates without quoting other voices in its excerpt.
The Daily Signal casts Tafoya as pressing Flanagan on her lieutenant governor record; Fox News leads with the fraud scandal in the Klobuchar-Demuth gubernatorial debate, tying it to Walz.