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Trump endorses MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in Minnesota governor’s race (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Donald Trump has endorsed Mike Lindell’s bid for Minnesota governor, calling the MyPillow founder “one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots” in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.

Trump described Lindell as someone who had “sacrificed” more than almost anyone else “in fighting for our country, especially when it comes to Election Integrity”, invoking Lindell’s years spent promoting discredited claims about the 2020 election. Trump said Lindell “will MAKE MINNESOTA GREAT AGAIN” and gave him full-throated support ahead of the state’s 11 August Republican primary, where early voting is already under way.

The backing lands as Lindell trails in general election polling. A Star Tribune/KARE 11/Hubbard School Minnesota poll conducted in June found the Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar leading Lindell 53% to 36% in a hypothetical matchup, with 11% undecided, making it her strongest showing against any of the Republican contenders tested.

That should help pillow sales.

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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

lol nobody’s gonna vote for that crackhead

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hope you're right, but I honestly never thought anyone would vote for trump.

[–] darvocet@infosec.pub 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I knew that there were a lot of actual morons out there but I've come to realize i was orders of magnitude off. In addition, the morons are off the charts stupid nearly to the point of shitting in their own hand and eating it.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I knew that there were a lot of actual morons out there but I've come to realize i was orders of magnitude off.

that's a common mistake, see. rule #1

These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity:

Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places, and under any circumstances, to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.
A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Sorry, you've met Republicans before, right?