Klobuchar, Demuth Clash Over $9 Billion Fraud Scandal in Final Minnesota Governor Debate
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Klobuchar, Demuth Clash Over $9 Billion Fraud Scandal in Final Minnesota Governor Debate
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Summary
Fraud dominated the candidates’ final debate, with Lisa Demuth tying Amy Klobuchar to Gov. Tim Walz and his handling of what she called a $9 billion scandal.
Demuth said she would fire all commissioners on day one to change a culture of fraud, while Klobuchar said Walz should have caught it earlier and vowed to jail offenders.
Gas prices became another flashpoint: Klobuchar blamed the war in Iran and linked Demuth to Trump-era energy politics, while Demuth argued Minnesota costs rose under 2023-24 one-party Democratic control and cited the 830,000-barrel Keystone pipeline.
Healthcare sharpened the contrast further, with Demuth attacking Klobuchar’s Affordable Care Act vote for higher costs and Klobuchar accusing Demuth of failing to lower insulin prices before Demuth pointed to her 2020 vote for the Alex Smith insulin law.
The debate was the last major faceoff in the race to replace Walz, whose decision not to seek reelection has left both candidates fighting to define whether Minnesota needs continuity or a break from the current administration.