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Mike Lindell is A former drug addict turned pillow salesman with no experience in political office. He has spent the past six years, and millions of dollars, promoting election conspiracy theories, even claiming so “Satan” stole the 2020 elections.
Lindell is now running for governor of Minnesota and already has the endorsement of President Donald Trump.
“Mike would be amazing!!! He really loves Minnesota, as I do, and wants to bring it back from oblivion and embarrassment,” Trump said books On social truth. Over the weekend, Trump Lendl paid tribute personally In a fundraising campaign, Lindell boosted again on Tuesday, writing: “Mike Lindell will be a great governor. He loves Minnesota with all his heart.”
while Polls show Lindell is the favorite to win the Republican nomination in the Aug. 11 primary, and Trump’s endorsement was far from welcome for the Minnesota GOP.
“We were surprised by President Trump’s endorsement of Mike Lindell,” Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Alex Plecchas wrote in a statement. Posted on the party’s website Hours after Trump’s initial endorsement. Plechasz went on to criticize Lendl’s credentials:
“When things got tough under Tim Walz, Mike Lindell left Minnesota for Texas,” the party chairman wrote. “Now he wants Minnesota Republicans to ignore his serious financial baggage, public records showing tens of thousands of dollars in back property taxes, significant electability concerns, and unanswered questions surrounding his running mate. Minnesota cannot afford to run a ticket that gives Democrats an easy target.” Lendl was reportedly due Tens of thousands of dollars In Minnesota property tax debt — which he says he’s now paid — he wasn’t Registered to vote In the state until this week.
While Lindell’s chances of winning the primary are high, analysts and the local Republican Party believe he has little chance of challenging potential Democratic nominee Amy Klobuchar in the general election in November. The standoff over Lindell’s endorsement highlights the challenge facing local Republican parties whose choices conflict with Trump, whom they cannot afford to anger. The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Plechasz’s statement.
“I’d like to think it was as simple as the party saying they didn’t want Lindell, but they couldn’t say it in a way that would piss off the president,” Blois Olson, a Minnesota political analyst, tells WIRED. “This is the reality because they’re not only pissing off the president, they’re pissing off Trump’s most ardent supporters, which is the people of Minnesota, who need them in November. It’s a thread of a needle, which makes it a huge challenge.”
Lindell rose to prominence on the national political scene following the 2020 election when he became one of Most supporters and funders vote Because of the baseless conspiracy theory that the vote was stolen from Trump. Over the next few years, Lindell funded activist groups, Hosted conferences and Produced a filmThey all claim election fraud. By 2022, Lindell He said he spent $40 million Of his own money for this.
Lindell has also been sued by voting machine companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic Charged with defamation over allegations that their devices were counterfeit. While Dominion’s lawsuit eventually ended in a settlement agreement (with both parties paying their own fees), Smartmatic’s lawsuit is still ongoing. Lindell’s legal costs It ran to millions.
Instead of being welcomed by the local party, Lindell says the Minnesota Republican Party did everything it could to stop his campaign, including failing to provide him with a slate of delegates and barring him from attending debates and forums. Lindell says he’s not sure why the Minnesota Republican Party would do that.
