Minneapolis reshaped the country for the worse in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and the birth of the “defund the police” movement. It appears the city is doing the same to the Democratic Party by leading its efforts to embrace socialism.

Jacob Frey was in his third year as mayor of Minneapolis when Floyd was killed by a police officer. By all accounts, the former Minneapolis City Councilman was a boring, generic Democrat. But Floyd’s death put the city, and Frey, into the spotlight, and he found himself having to win the approval of rabid left-wing activists.