Minutes before the Minneapolis mayoral forum on Oct. 15, Mayor Jacob Frey was giving an exclusive interview with Fox 9 while his challengers — Rev. DeWayne Davis, State Sen. Omar Fateh, attorney Jazz Hampton and activist Brenda Short — were already onstage at the Capri Theater awaiting instructions from African American Leadership Forum (AALF) staff.
Staffers told the candidates Frey would arrive shortly. “You guys want me to sit in for him?” Hampton joked. “I got his talking points.” Davis and Fateh laughed.
Nearly an hour later, a packed crowd inside the theater was laughing too, this time at Frey…