India, Jan. 7 -- Tim Walz had a meltdown hours after he dropped his re-election campaign amid the Minnesota fraud row, as he refused to resign amid growing calls to step down. Walz dropped out of the race after content creator and independent journalist Nick Shirley came under spotlight for alleging that there is a massive fraud involving taxpayer dollars in Minnesota's daycare system.

"I'm not going anywhere. And you can make all your requests for me to resign. Over my dead body will that happen," Walz told reporters while answering questions for the first time since his re-election announcement, according to Fox News.

Walz blamed Republicans for his downfall, and tried to turn the scandal back on President Donald Trump.

"I will fight...