Minnesota Democrats unite to block Walz, Ellison impeachment push sparking online outrage: 'They're panicking'

By Fox News · Fox News

Conservatives on social media erupted with outrage on Thursday after Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota united to block a Republican effort to investigate further and impeach Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison. A resolution taken up by the Minnesota House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee to launch an impeachment investigation and allow the committee to hold hearings, issue subpoenas, and further investigate the massive fraud scandal was blocked after all 8 Democrats on the committee voted against it, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported. The lawmakers deadlocked 8-8 on a straight party-line vote. "This is a fundamentally unserious proposal by a fundamentally unserious party who isn't interested in governing," Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Rep. Michael Howard said about the move. "Gas prices are rising because of Trump's illegal war in Iran. Health care, housing, and childcare costs are spiking. We have hospitals closing, yet this is what we're going to do today? A bill that's absolutely going nowhere, dead on arrival." COMER TO SAY TIM WALZ 'ENABLED FRAUD,' FAILED WHISTLEBLOWERS IN BOMBSHELL MINNESOTA HEARING On social media , conservatives blasted the Minnesota Democrats for not taking the unfolding fraud scandal, which is estimated to have cost taxpayers a total of up to $19 billion, seriously. "Despite years of whistleblower reports, dozens of hearings & local news stories, & court convictions, Democrats CONTINUE to block any investigation of Tim Walz," MN House Fraud Committee Chair Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Minn., who is running for governor, posted on X . "They protect each other to protect their political base. @amyklobuchar is just part of the protection racket." "Minnesotans lost $9B in taxpayer dollars to just 14 Medicaid programs under Tim Walz’s administration," Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X. "Today, every single Democrat in Rules Committee voted to block an investigation into that fraud. Absolutely d…