Republican state Rep. Mary Franson and Republican state Sen. Scott Jensen appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" and "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Tuesday to discuss the possible inflation.

The lawmakers alleged that, although many death certificates list COVID-19 as the cause of death, they found multiple instances in the state where patients actually died of something else entirely.

Franson said she made the discovery after she was approached by concerned citizens who had documents from the Minnesota Department of Health and asked her to take a look.