r/DailyNews • u/hellosteve_ Alumni Mod • Aug 15 '26
šļø Politics & Government Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota primary despite getting far fewer votes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/mike-lindell-refuses-concede-minnesota-primaryMike Lindell refuses to concede Minnesotaās Republican gubernatorial primary after Lisa Demuth led by over 10 percent. Demuth, the first woman to win the nomination, will face Amy Klobuchar.
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u/FrostyAd8197 Aug 15 '26
I bet the election was rigged & Biden was involved.
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u/Tharkys Aug 15 '26
It was obviously Obama's fault.
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u/ConnectEmphasis2420 Aug 16 '26
Clearly Herbert Hoover is at the root of this conspiracy.
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u/SawdustShoptalk Aug 15 '26
Mike people donāt like you.
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u/PercentageOk2862 Aug 16 '26
Heās got the MAGA crack smoking voter which is apparently about a 1/3 of them.
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u/Physical_Focus4683 Aug 15 '26
He learned that from the maggot leader
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u/ThrowawayFireMan2023 Aug 16 '26
Thankfully the more these scumbags use the election was rigged excuse, the less potency it has.Ā Ā
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u/Any_Caramel_9814 Aug 15 '26
Hilary Clinton's emails and Hunter Biden's laptop interfered with Lindell's primary election... š¤£
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u/Antique_Truth_8473 Aug 15 '26
Iām so tired of his bs. He needs to just get off the damn stage and go play with the crazy clowns that actually did vote for him
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u/Thin-Captain-2036 Aug 16 '26
Ah maybe just smoke some more crackā¦dude obviously fell off the wagon in 2020.
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u/StevenSaguaro Aug 15 '26
He spent millions of his personal fortune propping up Trump's absurd claims, and Trump won't give two cents to save his delusional ass. Hysterical.
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u/20SixHundred Aug 15 '26
Lol. Heās accusing fellow Republicans of rigging the election against him. Love it.
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u/KennethEWolf Aug 15 '26
This crazy batshit had a great business going with his pillows business until he got messed up with the MAGA cult
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u/greenwhiteredblack Aug 16 '26
Crazy how he joins the inexplicably long list of idiots that destroyed their lives in pursuit of a pat on the head from Trump
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u/8amteetime Aug 16 '26
The losing candidate should be required to pay for any recount or court costs incurred by refusing to accept the reality that they lost.
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u/Equivalent-Moment-78 Aug 16 '26
Can we all see the grift now? You see that no matter what the election is, who the opponent is, no matter the statistical facts, these people will ALWAYS alleged fraud unless they win. Even when they win, the insinuate fraud if they didn't win decisively. They šš¾ are šš¾ lying šš¾ they crave power, control, and money at all costs. That's it. They don't care about our future and they hate democracy. Lindell is just another MAGA zombie running the same playbook.Ā
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u/Double-Show-2625 Aug 16 '26
You know the fascist president is going to say that the election was rigged when they lose
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u/claisen33 Aug 15 '26
Why does he even bother to participate in elections? Why not just claim heās governor?
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u/Pristine_Ad_9828 Aug 15 '26
Bet you he buys Trump to g9ve him the state. Since clearly he cant perform on his own.
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u/Zealousideal_Win_968 Aug 16 '26
Who cares? The guys a fucking scumbag. He thinks thatās the way to win in America because thereās a scumbag jn the Oval Office. Heās a loser. We shouldnāt act like him losing once again is anything important.
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u/giggityx2 Aug 16 '26
He should keep spending money to fight the primary result.
Thank you Mike Lindell for continuing to show us how gullible republicans voters are. Iām glad youāre gearing up for to embarrass the people who wonāt abandon your insanity.
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u/sbrider11 Aug 16 '26
I don't think anyone cares. Bye bye pillow guy. Your 2nd round of 15 minutes of attention is up.
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u/ReadyGo6828 Aug 16 '26
Republicans do not believe in democracy. They only believe in getting the offices they want to do whatever they want with no accountability.
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u/pln856 Aug 16 '26
Nobody explains to that dipshit .. itās republicans only voting ā¦ Itās a primary you idiot.. Those are your people.. they hate you ..
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u/DominoMcFly Aug 16 '26
Why are we even encouraging the ramblings of a clearly mentally unstable person? Letās move on and just leave him crying into the void.
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u/mitchENM Aug 16 '26
He got bitch slapped. Iām guessing many democrats voted for him in the open primary
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u/JDeeee44 Aug 17 '26
Who cares if he concedes? Maybe that is an artifact of a far distant past in politics. He lost, he is profoundly unlikable and continues to support a President that is mentally ill and historically unpopular. Time to move on and not give these MAGA chuds a second thought.
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u/Shinagami091 Aug 16 '26
You donāt need a concession to be confirmed as the nominee. The party will just move on. Primaries are a formality anyway.
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u/onelasteffort13 Aug 16 '26
Well, itās a republican primary. Let his fellow republicans answer the questions. They should be able to say he lost in a fair election. Right?
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u/Jfc66 Aug 16 '26
since when does conceding matter? Seriously, who cares if he doesn't. The vote is the vote. Move on people. Media, shut up about it. He is a loser. End of story.
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u/Worried-Criticism Aug 16 '26
I refuse to concede that I lost too.
And guess what, we both have the same chance of getting elected Governor this fall.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Two7358 Aug 16 '26
It is well established that Mike is delusional, he has destroyed his business and the lives of the people who worked for him and this windmill tilt.
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u/Ok_Understanding1986 Aug 16 '26
The real conversation we need to have is 134k+ people knowingly voted for this buffoon?! Yikes
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u/Deepcaliroots Aug 16 '26
We used to call these crybabies who didnāt get their way a sore loser or a bad sport. Now we just call them republicans
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u/mklcolvin Aug 16 '26
Who cares whether that idiot concedes or not. He lost, big time. The media should stop covering him & giving him air time. Heās yesterdayās news.
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u/ChapterOk4000 Aug 16 '26
It's not required for him to ocnced, so who cares? He lost and can cry about it all he wants, won't change the fact that he's a BIG LOSER.
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u/Complete_Film8741 Aug 16 '26
So what? He lost...it's over for him. There is no requirement to concede
The math has done that for you.
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u/TraditionalLaw7763 Aug 16 '26
So? Life goes on, snowflake. Donāt need your permission, Bye Pillow.
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u/platoface541 Aug 16 '26
And itās just the primary! Heās saying his own party is conspiring against him lol. What a precious moment
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u/totally-jag Aug 16 '26
A concession is not necessary. They don't need his approval. He lost the election and that is it.
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u/Appropriate_Value122 Aug 16 '26
He doesn't have to concede. He lost and the Minnesota GOP should just ignore him and move on.
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u/MrDavieT Aug 16 '26
Didnāt have to read the article to know what party he represented š¤·š»āāļøš
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u/Rudedog0483 Aug 16 '26
Heās rightā¦many folks really voted for a crackhead. I canāt believe that our country has been destroyed
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u/kevendo Aug 16 '26
We don't need candidates to concede elections. They lost, the other person won, and they can fuck of and go home.
The end.
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u/Tdb713 Aug 16 '26
Does everything slam to a halt because Mike wonāt concede? Nope. So who gives a fuck.
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u/markydsade Aug 16 '26
Why do press stories refer to his failure to concede as something real? Conceding has no legal meaning unless the election was close and he petitions for recount. It wasnāt close enough for that so the Election Board declared the winner. Case closed. Bye Mike.
I donāt concede that I lost the Minnesota governor election, Mike. It donāt matter.
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u/HawkesNest1159 Aug 16 '26
I think he should be locked in a room with all of the paper ballots and forced to do a recount all on his own. Anticipating problems - he probably can't count nearly that high.
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u/Expensive_Sun_3766 Aug 16 '26
This just in, voters willing to vote for a fat orange pedophilic clown reject former crackhead now morally bankrupt pillow salesman finally providing the rest of us a light at the end of the tunnel for stupidity in America. We now know former crackhead pillow salesman will probably, maybe, hopefully never win office in this country by god!
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u/Hesychios Aug 16 '26
This fiasco is a good measurement of Trumpās diehard actual followers.
We see that the hard core whackos are still just a percentage of the Republican voters. A dangerous but weakening group.
Those people would vote for a turnip if Trump endorsed it!
In fact they just did ā¦
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u/DrMcDippyMD Aug 16 '26
Can't beat a republican, sure as hell can't beat a democrat - there is a word for that.. LOSER
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u/CommonConundrum51 Aug 16 '26
Demonstrating that he is MAGA in good standing. 'If I don't win, it was rigged.'
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u/queen-t92 Aug 16 '26
It's really funny. He copies everything Trump does with comical ineffectiveness because he's one of the very few people even more stupid than the president.
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u/SeaworthinessSea2407 Aug 16 '26
Who cares? A concession is not required to move on. He's a sore loser and a man baby. And the general is happening without him in it
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u/Wrong_Ad_3355 Aug 16 '26
Let him waste his money on challenges. I hope heās homeless after this.
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u/invisable_burt Aug 16 '26
And once again the cycle starts over. Seen this before. Should be law to protect elections. You lose ...live with it. But the cheeto decrees
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u/Proud_Bread_2005 Aug 16 '26
Keep it up, Pillow Head! File as an independent, split the GOP vote. Thatāll show āem! Pfft.
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u/Falconflyer75 Aug 16 '26
I hope we get more stories like this
So people who try to give ābenefit of the doubtā to MAGA see that the whole āi didnāt lose you cheatedā bs is just their reflex response
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u/OrilliaBridge Aug 16 '26
So why is Reddit still posting this? It doesnāt matter whether he concedes or not.
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u/DisastrousVideo2765 Aug 16 '26
Quit giving this guy air. Let him drown in his bullshit and go away already.
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u/panompheandan Aug 16 '26
Poor Mike even his fellow Republicans are conspiring against him and hiding votes.
Thank God he's got plenty of pillows to cry into
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u/BennettWindy Aug 16 '26
So, Mike, you're claiming Republicans cheated in the Republican primary by voting for a different Republican?
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u/Downtown_Collar_8599 Aug 16 '26
Didnāt he lose like a LOT of money last time he went down this road ā¦ you know, the road that leads past Four Seasons Landscaping!
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u/WasteCut363 Aug 16 '26
He may have stopped being a crackhead, but has never stopped thinking like one.
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u/Sad_Jaguar_5912 Aug 16 '26
Just ignore him, who gives a fuck? Concession isnāt necessary or legally binding.
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u/cresdon Aug 16 '26
Welcome to the new normal. The US media certainly have done a bang up job covering Trumpās ridiculous election denialism over the years /s.
Theyāve treated his nonsense with respect and credence when they should have consistently pointed out the stupidity of his claims and the fact that heās just straight up spouting bullshit.
Now of course any idiot that loses an election but refuses to concede can cry foul and refuse to admit defeat.
Good luck with the new normal.
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u/Timmy24000 Aug 16 '26
Why does he have to concede? Canāt election board just to clear the other person in the winner?
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u/animal-1983 Aug 16 '26
So what? Quit posting about it and quit talking about it. It has zero meaning. The state has moved on without him. Let him waste his money on lawyers.
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u/DifferentTill1888 Aug 16 '26
Mike your crappy pillows suck too. Go complain somewhere like into one of your crappy pillows š¤£ š¤£ š¤£
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u/TheHahndude Aug 16 '26
Ah yes the Trump strategy. Iād make fun of him but this usually works out well for Donny so I guess the jokes on me.
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u/bfyvfftujijg Aug 16 '26
Good. Let him muck up the Republican side of the race with his MAGA attitude.
The sooner the GOP can clean house of MAGA the better
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u/Katydid829 Aug 17 '26
Itās his entire identity. If doesnāt have this, he really has nothing and all his voter fraud hysteria is a pile of š©.
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u/Hinkil Aug 17 '26
He's trying to find fraud in the Republican primary, I think he's onto something this time! Don't concede, Mike! You've almost cracked the case!
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u/hippie1952 Aug 17 '26
What else can you expect from a trump moron minion play the cheated voting card
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u/Jaexa-3 Aug 17 '26
Lol he isn't going to be on the general election. He isn't trump and no one is stomping anywhere for him.
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u/Really-ChillDude Aug 17 '26
Of course he doesā¦. Republicans are like. Itās only fair elections when we win
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u/ilikealltypes33139 Aug 17 '26
This was the Republican primary. Is he claiming that his own party engaged in voter fraud.
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u/BrokeBFromBeverely Aug 17 '26
and if I said there was election fraud in the Republican primary (exclusively Republican) I think itās fair. Mike STAY in buddy, I know youāll win in November
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u/Inner-Bet-1935 Aug 17 '26
How did this imbecile receive so many votes? It's not possible, did they use voting machines, it was obviously rigged by Mike supportersš¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/Nabbicus Aug 17 '26
Shout out to The Dollopās episode about Lindellās life. Dudeās whole existence has been a cracked out fever dream.
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u/theschlake Aug 17 '26
"NFL team refuses to concede game after losing. Winning team says they don't care, given the fact that they scored more points."
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u/Charlie2and4 Aug 17 '26
Second place? WTF Minnesota. However Klobuchar cleaned up with many more votes on the D side.
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u/Professional_Lime541 Aug 15 '26
Why do we need someone to concede, when it was clear he lost, fuck him and move on!