The last thing a politician wants to give up is their political office. They’ll do almost anything for it.
But now resignation rumors threw this Democrat’s office into total disarray.
McMahon’s Blistering Demand for Walz’s Resignation
President Trump’s Education Secretary Linda McMahon has unleashed a fierce attack on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, accusing him of gross negligence that allowed massive fraud to flourish and directly urging him to resign amid escalating scandals.
“You have been Minnesota’s Governor since 2019,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote to Walz in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. “During that time, your careless lack of oversight and abuse of the welfare system has attracted fraudsters from around the world, especially from Somalia, to establish a beachhead of criminality in our country. As President Trump put it, you have turned Minnesota into a ‘fraudulent hub of money laundering activity.’”
McMahon concluded her pointed critique by declaring, “Given your dereliction of the office entrusted to you by Minnesotans, I implore you to resign and make way for more capable leadership.”
The letter also singled out Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar for criticism over her student loan practices, noting she borrowed “tens of thousands” and “now does not think she should have to repay, despite her generous, taxpayer-funded salary,” while accusing her of having “taken advantage” of federal taxpayers.
“Shame on you, Governor Walz, for allowing this to happen — and for benefiting from it,” McMahon wrote to Walz. “Stop defrauding American taxpayers. No politician is above the law, and my department, alongside every other agency under the leadership of President Trump, will continue to ensure that you will not be able to dodge accountability for your actions.”
Explosive Fraud in Education and Welfare Systems
McMahon’s missive spotlighted alarming “ghost students” fraud in Minnesota’s colleges, where fake applicants siphoned millions in aid under Walz’s tenure.
“We call these fraudsters ‘ghost students’ because they were not ID-verified and often did not live in the United States, or they simply did not exist,” McMahon wrote. “In Minnesota, 1,834 ghost students were found to have received $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants and loans. They collected checks from the federal government, shared a small portion of the money with the college, and pocketed the rest — without attending the college at all.”
This comes alongside the notorious Feeding Our Future scandal and others, where fraudsters allegedly exploited nearly every major assistance program — from housing and food stamps to autism services and elder care — while Walz “did absolutely nothing” to intervene, per the letter.
The Trump administration has already blocked over $1 billion in nationwide student aid fraud, including schemes hitting institutions like Riverland Community College.
Walz’s Belated Response Falls Flat with Critics
Facing intense backlash, Gov. Walz recently rolled out a new statewide fraud prevention initiative, partnering with a private forensic auditing firm.
Walz said the system was “taken advantage of by an organized group of fraudsters and criminals.”
“I take full responsibility for it,” Walz said. “I think, and I will acknowledge certainly to Minnesotans and to the press here, I don’t think we’ve done a good enough job of communicating the hard work that’s being done.”
Yet skeptics remain unconvinced, pointing out that despite his claims of accountability, no high-level officials have faced consequences.
“He threw out a quote that said, ‘Hey, I’m gonna take accountability,’ and people will run with that quote,” Grage, a columnist at Townhall.com, told Fox News Digital. “But at the end of the day, not a single bureaucrat in this state in regard to the fraud has been fired. Not a single one.”
“So, that ultimately means, at the end of the day, if he’s to blame, the only one at this point who should be held accountable is himself, because he has not shown in any actionable form that a government employee is to blame at this point. He puts it on himself and nobody has been fired. So, ultimately, at the end of the day, Minnesotans, the voters of this state, are going to have to make a decision.”
