Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair, mocked online
Videos of Frey’s moves at a mostly empty parking lot event spread widely, drawing criticism and memes
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair, mocked online
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What this story says
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey danced at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair in a mostly empty parking lot on 14 August 2026.
- Social media users widely mocked Frey’s dance moves, calling them stiff and awkward, with memes spreading quickly.
- This is not the first time Frey’s dancing has drawn criticism; past performances have also been ridiculed online.
- All six right-rated outlets covered the story, focusing on the mockery. No left- or centre-rated outlets reported it.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
51/100
Hype
73/100
6 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey danced at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair on 14 August 2026. Videos of the event show Frey, wearing a button-down shirt, gray khakis, and sunglasses, moving to a hip-hop beat in a mostly empty parking lot. The event’s emcee appeared more coordinated than Frey, whose moves were described as stiff and awkward.
Social media users quickly mocked Frey’s performance. Comments on X called his dancing "sad on an epic scale" and questioned whether he had any rhythm. Others compared him to "someone’s embarrassing uncle" or a "wooden board". The New York Post reported that Frey has faced similar criticism before, including during a 2025 reelection campaign event and a 2025 Somali Independence Day celebration.
“This cannot be real life. This is just so sad on an epic scale.”
What the coverage left out
No left- or centre-rated outlets ran this story. None of the right-rated digests or the New York Post’s full report mentioned the purpose of the Black Entrepreneur State Fair or provided context about its organisers or attendees. The New York Post was the only outlet to describe the location as a "mostly empty parking lot".
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 15 Aug 2026, 22:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
6 rated outlets
- All six right-rated outlets led on the mockery of Frey’s dance moves. The New York Post described his performance as "painfully humiliating" and "clumsy", quoting social media reactions that called it "brutal for real". The Post also noted Frey’s past dance controversies, framing them as part of a pattern of awkward public appearances.
- The Gateway Pundit’s digest called Frey’s dancing an act of "pandering to the black community" and labelled him a "far-left" mayor. The Daily Wire’s digest described his moves as "questionable" and noted that his rhythm had not improved since previous performances. Twitchy, TMZ, and RedState all highlighted the social media backlash, with Twitchy calling the memes "hilarious" and RedState describing the dance as a "peak progressive humiliation ritual".
Read it at the source
6 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
6- CRINGE: Far-Left Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Dances to Rap Music at Black Entrepreneur State Fair * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
The Gateway Pundit — is The Gateway Pundit biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- America’s Most Cringe Mayor Jacob Frey Busts Out New Dance Moves (opens The Daily Wire in a new tab)
The Daily Wire — is The Daily Wire biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Minneapolis mayor busts out painfully humiliating moves at Black Entrepreneur State Fair: ‘Brutal for real’ (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- HA! Jacob Frey Busts a Move at Black Entrepreneur State Fair and the HILARIOUS Memes Make Themselves (opens Twitchy in a new tab)
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Busts a Move at Black Entrepreneur State Fair (opens TMZ in a new tab)
- Jacob Frey’s Cringe Dance at Black State Fair Is Peak Progressive Humiliation Ritual (opens RedState in a new tab)
RedState — is RedState biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair…?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair… biased?
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair, mocked online is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dances at Black Entrepreneur State Fair…?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Jacob Frey do at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair?
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey danced at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair on 14 August 2026. Videos show him moving awkwardly to a hip-hop beat in a mostly empty parking lot, wearing a button-down shirt and khakis. Social media users mocked his performance, calling it stiff and lacking rhythm.
- Which outlets covered Jacob Frey’s dance at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair?
- Six right-rated outlets covered the story, including the New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, and The Daily Wire. All focused on the mockery of Frey’s dance moves. No left- or centre-rated outlets reported on the event, making this a notable gap in coverage.
- Has Jacob Frey been criticised for dancing before?
- Yes. The New York Post reported that Frey has faced criticism for his dance moves in the past. In 2025, he was mocked during a Somali Independence Day celebration and a reelection campaign event, where his performances were described as awkward and embarrassing.
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