GOP congressman compares Tim Walz fighting fraudsters to OJ Simpson finding wife's killer

Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the fallout of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's decision to drop reelection bid and more on 'Special Report.'

Former pro hockey player Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., raised eyebrows Tuesday with a social media post referencing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's recent decision to not seek re-election but refusal to resign, as Walz vows to address the state's ongoing fraud issues. 

Staub's post compared Walz's determination to fight fraudsters to the infamous 1994 murder trial of former NFL player O.J. Simpson, when Simpson vowed to find his wife's killer after being acquitted for the murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. 

"Tim Walz staying in office to fight the fraudsters is like O.J. saying he’d look for the real killer. He should resign," Stauber wrote. 

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A Walz spokesperson responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Stauber's post. 

"Lol that is not news!" the spokesperson said. 

Although Simpson was acquitted in the 1994 case, he later lost a civil lawsuit connected to the deaths. Simpson was found liable in civil court in 1997 and ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages. Most of that judgment went unpaid during Simpson’s lifetime.

Simpson died last April after a private cancer battle. Near the end of his life, he remained in Las Vegas and returned to the public eye on X, posting reactions to current events. Simpson's estate has taken a key step toward paying Goldman's family nearly $58 million — nearly three decades after Goldman won a wrongful death judgment in a civil case against Simpson, according to a November report by TMZ.

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