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

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."

"They protect each other to protect their political base.  @amyklobuchar is just part of the protection racket."

"This is why all spending and every program at the federal level and state level should be on Blockchain for everyone to see."

Fox News Digital reached out to Democratic leadership on the committee for comment.

Walz dropped his bid for re-election in January as pressure to address systemic fraud mounted. He testified in front of Congress months later along with Ellison in a fiery hearing that left conservatives unsatisfied over the answer to the question of what the two elected officials knew about the fraud and what they did to stop it.

Impeaching or removing either Walz or Ellison would be a difficult uphill battle for Republican lawmakers in Minnesota given the current makeup of the Minnesota Legislature. Impeachment requires a simple majority vote in the House. 

However, the House is evenly split, making it nearly impossible for Republicans to pass articles of impeachment without significant Democratic defections or a major shift in control.

Removing an official from office requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in the Senate, where the DFL holds a narrow one-seat majority.