Senator Al Franken isn't going to win any U.P. votes with his latest remarks on the state, although they were clearly meant in a joking spirit when he recently addressed the Michigan Democratic Party downstate. Guess it's good he's from Minnesota, then.
Excerpt: U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota says Michigan's Upper Peninsula could be in the wrong hands.
The 59-year-old former "Saturday Night Live" writer and actor returned to comic form for a while Saturday during an otherwise policy focused address to the Michigan Democratic Party's Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Detroit.
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Source: The Washington Examiner
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