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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell vowed to challenge his election loss - but missed the deadline to demand a recount

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and election conspiracy theorist who lost the Republican Minnesota governor’s primary race, has missed the deadline to post funds for the recount that he demanded.

Lindell, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, lost the gubernatorial GOP primary to Speaker of the Minnesota House, Lisa Demuth, by about 45,000 votes on August 11 and refused to concede on election night. He has since claimed “major deviations and anomalies on election night,” despite a lack of evidence.

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