Legislation takes a back seat.
A heated, marathon day in the Minnesota House had state officials rushing to pass legistlation before the close of their 2024 session — but that didn’t stop them taking some time out to recognize the Timberwolves for winning Game 7.
Speaker: Representative Craft, speak your point of privilege.
Rep. Craft: I was hoping representative Niska was here. Is he? It seemed that he had something to share. Rep. Niska, you seem pretty happy — do you have something to share, perhaps?
Speaker: Representative Niska.
Rep. Niska: Yes. For those of you who don’t know: The Minnesota Timberwolves just won Game 7 of the Western Conference semi-finals.
In a rare piece of bipartisanship, Craft (a democrat) called on Niska (a republican) to make the announcement that the Wolves were through. The majority of those in the chamber had been debating bills for the majority of the day, and had no idea that Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets got sent to an early vacation thanks to the Wolves’ stunning 20-point comeback in the second half.
Sadly, the good vibes of the Wolves win didn’t last for long — as chaos unfurled shortly after the standing ovation for Anthony Edwards, KAT and co. That’s politics for you.
