SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> Cathy: ALL RIGHT.

ENJOY YOURSELF.

>> Eric: THANKS VERY MUCH.

>> Cathy: THANK YOU.

>> ERIC: YOU CAN SENSE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY, SURPRISE ENDORSEMENTS POPPED UP AGAIN THIS WEEK AND ONE DEBATE YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD WAS SO INTENSE OUR MARY LAHAMMER THOUGHT YOU HAD TO SEE SOME OF IT FOR YOURSELVES.

SHE HAS MORE CONTEXT ON THE HEATED DFL U.S.

SENATE RACE.

>> THEY SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

>> Mary: THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF SPIRITED DFL SENATE DEBATES ON PUBLIC BROADCASTING THIS PRIMARY ELECTION SEASON.

>> THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED OUR BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS.

IT BECAME ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T USING THAT BILL IN OPERATION METRO SURGE THAT ANY ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS THE WRONG DECISION, AND I'VE SAID THAT I REGRET IT.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HER ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, HAS SAT ON THE BLEACHERS, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ONE VOTE I TOOK IN EIGHT YEARS.

WHERE ARE HER SOLUTIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY?

BECAUSE WHERE I'VE BEEN, WHILE SHE'S BEEN IN THE BLEACHERS, AT THE WHIPPLE CENTER, STANDING IN FRONT OF I.C.E.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG STOOD BY THIS VOTE FOR 14 MONTHS.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE AFTER RENEE GOOD WAS KILLED, AFTER ALEX PRETTI WAS KILLED, SHE STOOD BY HER VOTE.

HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

THIS WASN'T A SECRET.

THIS DIDN'T SNEAK UP ON US.

DONALD TRUMP RAN ON A MASS DEPORTATIONEN DA.

IT WAS LITERALLY -- DEPORTATION AGENDA.

IT WAS LITERALLY IN BRIGHT SIGNS BEHIND HIM AT RALLIES IN ALL CAPS THAT SAID "MASS DEPORTATION NOW."

>> Mary: THEY AGREE ON DISMANTLING I.C.E.

AS IS, THEY DISAGREE ON HOW MUCH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS OR ISN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BILLIONS OF FRAUD IN THE ALZ ADMINISTRATION.

>> THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, EVEN AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, CONTINUES TO TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANY OF THE FRAUD ISSUES.

AND SHE CONTINUES TO BLAME THE GOVERNOR.

AND I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, IT'S [ BLEEP ] ME OFF.

I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF GWEN WALZ THIS MORNING BUT IT [ BLEEP ] ME OFF THAT YOU COMPLETELY PUT ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA WHEN YOU WERE THE NUMBER 2 ELECTED LEADER IN MINNESOTA DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

REPUBLICANS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THIS WITH YOU.

AND IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO WARN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE DYING TO RUN AGAINST YOU BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A UNIQUE VULNERABILITY ON FRAUD.

AND EVEN AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, YOU CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU ACTUALLY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY ON "ALMANAC" FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM APPROXIMATE IN MINNESOTA.

THAT PROGRAM ITSELF EXPERIENCED FRAUD.

SO, LIEUTENANT OVERNOR, I CAN TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYTHING I DID OR SHOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I JUST, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, ANNOT SEE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THE SAME AS A POLITICAL LEADER.

>> THIS IS SIMPLY FALSE.

THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S ACCUSATION AROUND THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM.

BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THIS.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG SAID JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THAT THE ATTACKS ON TIM WALZ AND KEITH ELLISON WERE POLITICAL THEATER.

SHE'S NOW GOING ON TO USE REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS.

AND I THINK THAT'S, FRANKLY, WHERE CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG IS MOST COMFORTABLE, AS SOMEONE WHO VOTES WITH DONALD TRUMP MORE HAN ANY OTHER MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT AND HAS BRAGGED THAT SHE VOTES WITH TOM EMMER 45% OF THE TIME.

AS A FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE IDEA THAT ANYONE WOULD STEAL FROM CHILDREN, FAMILIES, THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE IS ABHORRENT AND THERE ARE MEASURES THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN.

>> Mary: EXTERNAL ENDORSEMENTS KEPT CONSTANT ATTENTION ON THIS CONTEST.

STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN TOLD ME HE STANDS BY HIS STATEMENTS THAT CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG SOUGHT HIS ENDORSEMENT WHILE HE WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM HIS SHOOTING.

CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG DENIES THAT.

THEN FIRST LADY GWEN WALZ ENDORSED CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG OVER THE LONGTIME LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN, PERHAPS FURTHERING THE RIFF THAT WENT PUBLIC WHILE THE GOVERNOR WAS AWAY RUNNING FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY.

>> I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURPRISED GWEN WALZ HAS ENDORSED CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG.

THEY'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

SHE GAVE ME A HEADS-UP.

THAT'S FINE.

>> THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S PERFORMANCE AND AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ON HER ACTUAL REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITIES, LIKE THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, LIKE THE CAPITOL SECURITY COMMITTEE, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS, YOU DIDN'T CALL 45% OF THE MEETINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU HERE TODAY IF YOUR OFFICE WOULD MAKE PUBLIC HOW MANY DAYS YOU'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AT THE CAPITOL WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR THE U.S.

SENATE.

I'VE MADE 99% OF MY VOTES.

>> I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID IN A BIPARTISAN WAY.

AND THE -- ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CAPITOL AREA SECURITY.

MINNESOTA WAS AN OUTLIER FOR A VERY LONG TIME WHEN IT CAME TO METAL DETECTORS AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

THERE WERE 33 STATES, YOU KNOW, HO HAD THEM PREVIOUSLY -- WHO HAD THEM PREVIOUSLY.

WE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

WE GOT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

>> Mary: DESPITE A DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN THAT HAS FELT PERSONAL, THE TWO DEMOCRATIC WOMEN VOWED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THE END.

>> I OUTPERFORMED THE TOP OF THE TICKET BY 8 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN MY LAST ELECTION.

I LIKE PEGGY.

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE.

BUT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY ON FRAUD.

>> I WILL NEVER BEND TO DONALD TRUMP.

I