If true, it would mark a stunning fall from grace for Walz in a short period of time. Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate for the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election. 

Walz’s press conference on Monday is scheduled for 11 a.m. local time.

Walz has come under fire recently, both in his state and across the country, with accusations and revelations of fraud in Minnesota’s social services program. This included federal charges stemming from investigations of “staggering, industrial-scale” Medicaid fraud in the state, which was revealed in mid-December and suspected of being valued at billions of dollars. Reports about alleged fraudulent daycare centers in Minneapolis have also hampered Walz in recent days.

Walz first announced his reelection bid in a campaign video on September 16 in a video posted to his social media accounts. “I’m running for reelection to continue serving as Governor of Minnesota,” Walz posted. “We’ve made historic progress in our state, but we’re not done yet. I’m staying in the fight — and I need you with me.”

Pertaining to the allegations of daycare fraud in Minnesota, as the Washington Examiner previously reported, Tikki Brown, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, said her office is conducting another investigation into the recent accusations of daycare fraud. 

“While we have questions about some of the methods that were used in the video, we do take the concerns that the video raises about fraud very seriously,” Brown said. “Each of the facilities mentioned in the video has been visited at least once in the last six months as part of our typical licensing process, and in fact, our staff are out in the community today to visit each of these sites again so that we can look into the concerns that were raised in the video.”

WALZ ALLIES LED STATE AGENCIES THAT OVERSAW MASSIVE ALLEGED SOMALI DAYCARE FRAUD

Kendall Qualls, a Republican candidate for the 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election, called on Walz to resign on CBS News Minnesota on Sunday. 

“There’s been no high-level officials who have resigned or been fired by Tim Walz after over $9 billion of fraud in our state,” Qualls said in a post on X. “He should resign.”