Minnesota House speaker warns Americans will be 'shocked' by scope of fraud crisis

"We have been talking about this as Republicans in the state of Minnesota for years and Democrats have either turned a blind eye or ignored or covered it up," Demuth told "America's Newsroom."

Demuth has called out Walz for alleged oversight failures since the scandal entered the national spotlight.

In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, she said the fraud - which largely involved day care assistance, Medicaid and other public benefit programs - falls "squarely" on Walz's shoulders.

She warned Wednesday that electing another Democrat to succeed Walz would constitute a de facto third term.

"Any Democrat that they put in to run in 2026 is part of the problem and will be a Tim Walz third term," she said.

"The buck stops with me. I'm accountable for this and, because of that accountability, I'm not running for office again," Walz said during a press conference on Tuesday.