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Mike Lindell refuses to pay for recount in Minnesota GOP primary, files lawsuit against election officials
NBC ^ | 8/25/26 | Kyla Guilfoil and Joe Kottke

Posted on 08/25/2026 6:33:39 PM PDT by Round Earther

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, a longtime 2020 election denier, sued the Minnesota secretary of state and election officials, claiming they changed the scope of a potential recount in the GOP gubernatorial primary this month.

Lindell, who lost Aug. 11 to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth by about 45,000 votes, said last week that he would pay $825,000 on Monday to cover the cost of a full hand recount and audit of the race, in which he finished a distant second despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

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1 posted on 08/25/2026 6:33:39 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Round Earther

He needs to shut up and go away now.


2 posted on 08/25/2026 6:34:23 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy

Weird.


3 posted on 08/25/2026 6:45:43 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: shelterguy

I disagree. He needs to fight. We need more people to fight this. WE need to fight this.

I understand why many (and I assume you are one of them) dislike Mike Lindell, but I give him credit for putting his money where his mouth is. This all stems from 2020, we know there was fraud in 2020, and if he fought poorly, at least the guy fought when many of us were gnashing our teeth in anger at the obvious fraud.

Just my two cents. I get that you feel differently; I just disagree.


4 posted on 08/25/2026 7:02:04 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Round Earther

2020 election fraud denier, NBC, says ...

... and I say, eff the Marxist Media!


5 posted on 08/25/2026 7:05:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Marxist Media works hand in glove with the Democrat terrorists.)
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To: rlmorel

“””I disagree. He needs to fight. We need more people to fight this. WE need to fight this.””””

He said he was cheated. He said he would pay for the recount. He didn’t. Now he wants to continue hollering which will be a huge distraction for the Republican candidate. He needs to go away for awhile.

I get that he claims to be a “fighter”. But I don’t see any qualities that would make me want him to be in office.


6 posted on 08/25/2026 7:05:52 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Round Earther

“MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, a longtime 2020 election denier...”

...and Amnesty supporter. It would sure be nice if people running for high office as a Republicans would spend 5 minutes or so finding out what the REPUBLICAN BASE wants out of their elected officials.


7 posted on 08/25/2026 7:07:31 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: shelterguy
He needs to shut up and go away now.

Hmm, why are you trying to silence Lindell, one of Trump's biggest supporters? He needs to fight this. It's totally illegal what happened to him.

8 posted on 08/25/2026 7:16:03 PM PDT by Kleon
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“””Hmm, why are you trying to silence Lindell, one of Trump’s biggest supporters? He needs to fight this. It’s totally illegal what happened to him. “”””

I’m not trying to silence him. He just needs to shut up and go away. He is a huge distraction. He can fight this behind the scenes.


9 posted on 08/25/2026 7:21:24 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Round Earther

Can’t stand him...my gut tells me so...


10 posted on 08/25/2026 7:33:28 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kleon

He supports Trump to his benefit...not Trump’s.


11 posted on 08/25/2026 7:34:52 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Round Earther

“longtime 2020 election denier”

Ended right there. Nope, no bias there....


12 posted on 08/25/2026 7:42:56 PM PDT by Organic Panic ( )
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To: Round Earther

The democrats a great at making recounts worthless. Without checking that all the ballots were from legit voters the recount is worthless anyways.


13 posted on 08/25/2026 7:57:35 PM PDT by Revel
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To: shelterguy

Just a correction-he doesn’t “claim” to be a fighter.

You may not like the way he fights or even that he DOES fight, but he has paid with millions out of his own pocket and political blackballing by retailers who oppose his fight on the subject of election integrity and tried to bankrupt him.

He fights, he doesn’t “claim” to be a fighter. He is a fighter.

That said, I understand and concede to you that your point that he can be a distraction to the current candidate who did win.

Fair enough.


14 posted on 08/25/2026 8:09:17 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Round Earther

Mike, you have reached the point of diminishing returns. Time to wrap it up and fade away.


15 posted on 08/25/2026 8:27:05 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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"He supports Trump to his benefit...not Trump’s."

He's almost lost his company due to supporting Trump. If he's doing this for his personal benefit - for which I see zero evidence - then he's not doing a very good job of it.

16 posted on 08/25/2026 9:46:39 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident)
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To: shelterguy

Good for him. I like his attitude.


17 posted on 08/26/2026 2:08:58 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: shelterguy

OMG, you ingrate. If not for him we probably would have no clue about the vile acts surrounding Nov. 2020. He sacrificed millions of his own dollars. He was willing to take one (by “one”, I mean “MANY”) for the team and be called a buffoon to draw attention to the fraud on a grand scale.

The day Biden’s FBI stole his cell phone while he was in a drive-thru ... there are no words.


18 posted on 08/26/2026 2:15:00 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: rlmorel

He distracted from the very real voting irregularities with utter nonsense conspiracies, making him a good foil for those who questioned the methods used to paint them as nuts and report on that vs. the actual tangible concerns. So I can’t agree we need these kinds of “fighters.”

This appears to be more of the same.


19 posted on 08/26/2026 3:25:57 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: The Duke
Cuz it backfired...and he doesn't know when to fold..

And now..same story...different day...

20 posted on 08/26/2026 4:21:31 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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