Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says comment that remote workers would turn into "losers" was a joke

MINNEAPOLIS — Mayor Jacob Frey is facing some heat for a comment he made earlier this week, calling "at home" workers "losers." He has since clarified that the comments were made as "a joke."

When Frey said, if people stayed at home working for more than three months they risk becoming "losers," he says it was his way of having fun with the crowd at the Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual meeting Wednesday.

"Guys, it was a joke. It was a joke," Frey said Thursday morning. "People in the room took it as a joke. When it gets taken out of context in a social media post, things can run wild."