Franken is part of the Democrat Party that survives by creating and maintaining poverty through their government handouts. The Dems created the “hood” through the Great Society, New Deal, welfare, etc. but the minorities apparently aren’t wise enough to see how they’ve been mistreated.
North Minneapolis was a crime ridden area when I worked in the area way back in the early 1980’s. Nothing has changed. The homes are rundown. I lived in one built in 1918. Giant forced air heater in the basement like a octopus.
The politicians have been promising that area will be redeveloped for decades. This is what keeps the area poor as no investor will come in as long as there is uncertainty on who will demand a payoff and for how much.