I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: $9 billion in Medicaid fraud doesn’t just happen without being noticed. The question is, did people like Gov. Tim Walz actively enable the scam, or just turn a blind eye to it? The two-term Democrat has not handled the scandal well at all, and now he faces calls to resign as it threatens to torpedo both his 2026 reelection campaign and any lingering White House ambitions he might have.
“The scandal could have serious ramifications on Walz's political standing,” Newsweek concedes. “The two-term governor is running for reelection in 2026, but calls for his resignation could derail his campaign.”
This week, five Minnesota House and Senate Republicans issued a joint statement declaring, “For the good of the state, Gov. Walz should step aside.” State Rep. Kristin Robbins, a Republican running for governor, told Fox News’ The Will Cain Show that Walz’s “dereliction of duty is unconscionable” and said he should resign. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) also called on Walz to resign. “He should resign. He's a total embarrassment,” Emmer said. "We've been trying to sound the alarm on this for the past three years."
I wouldn’t expect Walz to resign, as he’s pushed back hard against the criticism. His office said in a statement that Walz "has worked for years to crack down on fraud and asked the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action.”
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According to the statement, Walz “has strengthened oversight—including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed,” and he “hired an outside firm to audit payments to high-risk programs, shut down the Housing Stabilization Services program entirely, announced a new statewide program integrity director, and supported criminal prosecutions."
That doesn’t explain how $9 billion in fraud happened under his nose, but sure, Timmy. Sure.
As PJ Media has previously reported, more than 400 Minnesota Department of Human Services employees have accused Walz of being “100% responsible” for the fraud that occurred on his watch. They say their warnings were ignored out of fear of upsetting the state’s Somali community, a major Democratic voting bloc.
“This Somali population has become a massive part of the Democrat base in Minnesota,” Comer explained. According to Comer, if fraud investigations touch that community, party leaders risk losing their electoral advantage in a battleground state. Comer said it’s “the whole key to the business model of success for the Democrat Party in Minnesota — and on the presidential scale to win the state of Minnesota.”
Unfortunately for Walz, the federal investigation of the fraud shows no signs of slowing. FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau has deployed additional personnel and resources to Minnesota "to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs.” Their efforts have already led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions, and according to Patel, “The FBI believes this is just the tip of a very large iceberg.”
He added, “We will continue to follow the money and protect children, and this investigation very much remains ongoing.”
On top of that, Walz’s response to his being invited to testify before the House Oversight Committee was somewhat defiant. Though he claimed he is “happy to work with Congress,” he also accused the Oversight Committee of having “a track record of holding circus hearings that have nothing to do with the issue at hand.”
The phony bravado, while hilarious, tells us he has no intention of leaving voluntarily. Whether Walz can weather this storm remains an open question. He’s not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but Democrats are notorious for sticking together amid scandal, and Walz can definitely count on his party to support him and help him manage the fallout. He won’t go down without a fight, but make no mistake: his political future hangs in the balance. He may not go quietly, but honestly, it'll be more fun to see him removed against his will.
