Min­neso­ta Dem law­mak­er defends Walz against ‘rad­i­cal’ label from GOP: ‘Could­n’t dis­agree more’

Nick Frentz, a Demo­c­ra­t­ic state sen­a­tor from Min­neso­ta, is com­ing to the defense of vice pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Min­neso­ta Gov. Tim Walz as he faces claims regard­ing his lead­er­ship and crit­i­cism over state policy.Several Repub­li­can state law­mak­ers told Fox that Walz was “dif­fi­cult” to work with dur­ing their time work­ing along­side him in the legislature.Frentz, who cur­rent­ly rep­re­sents the city of North Manka­to, paint­ed a dif­fer­ent pic­ture, telling Fox News Dig­i­tal that in his expe­ri­ence, Walz is “very straight­for­ward and very easy to work with.”“He was a high school teacher and foot­ball coach in the ’90s when he start­ed his fam­i­ly in Manka­to. He’s gen­uine, down to earth. He’s hon­est. He’s the kind of per­son that you can enjoy,” Frentz said in an exclu­sive inter­view. “His rur­al roots are real, and his com­mit­ment to every­body in the coun­try, includ­ing rur­al Amer­i­ca, is quite real. And I thin …