Tim Walz and Tom Emmer can’t stop maligning the other. Is Minnesota worse off for it? - Albert Lea Tribune

Tim Walz and Tom Emmer can’t stop maligning the other. Is Minnesota worse off for it? - Albert Lea Tribune

By Dana Ferguson, Minnesota Public Radio News Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer didn’t sugarcoat his appraisal of Gov. Tim Walz during a national radio appearance last month, calling his home-state leader “an embarrassment to himself and our state.” The Fox News Radio interviewer had asked about a veiled swipe Walz had taken at President Donald Trump. Not long after, Walz used a campaign rally to poke back at Emmer, the Republican majority whip in the U.…