If you know, you know.
For those of you non-Minnesotans, I’ve annotated the lyrics below with links to the Minnesota-specific reference you may not understand.
When it was reported that Republican US Senate candiate in Minnesota, former NFL sideline interviewer Michele Tafoya had a lengthy history of social media posts disparaging the state she seeks to lead, Minnesotans took to Threads to describe just how un-Minnesotan they believe Tafoya to be.
Lyrics
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She’d ask for a Juicy Lucy without cheese.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks crop art is just regular art that’s been cut off at the bottom
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks a Payday’s the same as a Salted Nut Roll.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She goes to the State Fair and eats nothing on a stick.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks “up north” means Blaine.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks West St. Paul is west of St. Paul.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She tried to book a hair appointment at the Saint Paul Curling Club.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks the Mayo Clinic is a culinary school.
We dig you out when the snow comes down,
Deliver groceries when ICE invades our town,
Rebel Loon flying, neighbors standing guard,
For us, looking out for folks ain’t all that hard.
When things get ugly, we know what to do;
You look out for me and I look out for you.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks Paul and Babe are a country music duo.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She asks for the cross street when you say First Ave.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She turns the station when “Purple Rain” comes on.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She has no idea what happened when the gales of November came early.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
When she says, “Well, I’d better get going,” she leaves. Right away.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She thinks Camp Snoopy is training for Flock camera installers
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She never talks about the Halloween Blizzard of ’91.
And Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She says “Duck, Duck, Goose.”
We dig you out when the snow comes down,
Deliver groceries when ICE invades our town,
Rebel Loon flying, neighbors standing guard,
For us, looking out for folks ain’t all that hard.
When things get ugly, we know what to do;
You look out for me and I look out for you.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She’s never played pulltabs during a meat raffle.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
She calls Dayton’s…Macy’s.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
When she sees a car stuck in a snowdrift, she stays inside.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan
That she once tried to purify herself in White Bear Lake.
We dig you out when the snow comes down,
Deliver groceries when ICE invades our town,
Rebel Loon flying, neighbors standing guard,
For us, looking out for folks ain’t all that hard.
When things get ugly, we know what to do;
You look out for me and I look out for you.
Michele Tafoya is so un-Minnesotan.
You betcha.