Conservatives mock MyPillow's Mike Lindell over 'lunatic' DeSantis conspiracy theory

Conrad Hoyt

December 22, 07:17 PM December 22, 07:17 PM

Online conservatives attacked MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell after the businessman and Trump ally cast doubt on Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) victory in Miami-Dade County for the state's governorship.

“I don’t believe it,” Lindell said on his Frank Speech website Tuesday concerning DeSantis’s 10-plus point triumph. “So it’s just going to show everybody, just like we always tell you about Democrats where they stole their elections. ... I’m going to find out [what happened in] Dade County."

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"It's a deviation from [the] norm. It's very much a deviation," he added.

An archive of election results in Miami-Dade County shows that Republicans typically do not win the county.

Conservative thinkers, including bloggers, content creators, and TV personalities, voiced their displeasure over Lindell's voter fraud questioning.

"Lindell needs to go away," former Newsmax host John Cardillo wrote on Twitter. "He’s being interviewed by a guy he funds, on his own network, spewing lunatic conspiracy theories. DeSantis did well in FL because he did an amazing job for FL. Lindell’s BS is pathetic, and he should stop listening to grifters using him for $$$."

Joe Cunningham, an editor at the conservative blog RedState, took it a step further and mocked Lindell, writing, “I mean, DeSantis’ victory margins are just as insane as THIS AMAZING NEW DEAL ON MYPILLOW IF YOU GO TO MYPILLOW DOT COM AND...”

Late Wednesday evening, Lindell doubled down, vowing to push forward his Florida audit despite the right-wing pushback. He told the Daily Beast his investigation could reveal voting “deviations,” which could help “get rid of these electronic voting machines.”

This is not the first time Lindell has disputed the results of an election. The MyPillow CEO has boosted former President Donald Trump's claims of a fraudulent election in 2020. He claimed in September that the FBI seized his phone, and he was sued in February 2021 by electronic voting company Dominion for defamation. Lindell's challenge against it was thrown out in October.

Nevada county's plan to hand-count ballots struck down

Jack Birle

October 30, 01:46 PM October 30, 01:46 PM

Officials in Nye County, Nevada, vowed to restructure their plan for hand-counting ballots after the state Supreme Court struck it down on Thursday.

The court ruled that the unprecedented plan to begin hand-counting all ballots violated the state's rules against counties disclosing election results early, saying the counting may resume once polls have closed on Election Day.

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In response to the court order, Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf said in a statement Friday that officials would continue with their hand count once they modify the plan to the court and the Arizona secretary of state's liking.

"Yesterday’s Supreme Court order requires us to make some changes to our hand count process. We will not conduct hand counting today, but will resume as soon as our plan is in compliance with the Court’s order and approved by the Secretary of State. There were no hand counts today, and none were planned over for the weekend prior to the decision from the court and SOS," Kampf said.

The county has not released further details into how officials plan to modify their hand recount for the midterm elections in just over a week.

The original plan would have separated the ballots to be counted in four to six different rooms to avoid anyone seeing the full results of the count, with the hand count running in conjunction with the traditional machine count of the ballots.

Nevada has two "toss-up" races, per RealClearPolitics, with the gubernatorial and Senate races expected to be some of the closest of this midterm cycle.

Trump's playbook: GOP main losers blame voting 'malfeasance' for defeats

Cami Mondeaux

July 16, 01:31 PM July 16, 01:32 PM

Some Republican candidates who misplaced their key bids are leaning on a technique that relies on insisting the 2020 election was rigged in opposition to previous President Donald Trump, claiming comparable popular voter fraud is also accountable for their losses.

Two GOP candidates in Colorado who missing their main elections late very last thirty day period have asked for recounts, alleging popular irregularities with out presenting evidence. Among these is Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who misplaced her bid to grow to be Colorado's secretary of point out, which was not totally surprising right after the elections formal was indicted on 7 felony costs of tampering with voting machine tools.

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However, Peters states she believes her decline is due to “extensive malfeasance” prompted by fraud.

“I have causes to think comprehensive malfeasance happened in the June 2022 primary,” Peters wrote in her request. “And that the evident outcome of this election does not reflect the will of Colorado voters not only for myself but also for many other The usa First statewide and nearby key candidates,” she reported, referring to the coalition of conservative candidates who promote promises the 2020 election was stolen.

Allegations of rigged primaries in advance of the midterm elections in Colorado and in other places reveal a new political approach between some Republicans: denying Trump dropped in 2020 and insisting the fraud that was current throughout that election is responsible for their defeat.

“There’s a crystal clear rationale they’re undertaking it, and it is a a great deal broader, coordinated attack on the liberty to vote throughout the region,” Joanna Lydgate, the CEO of States United Motion, a team that encourages election integrity, instructed the .

Some candidates have begun using the tactic even in advance of their primary is held. Kari Lake, who is vying to clinch the GOP nomination in Arizona’s gubernatorial election, warned supporters previously this week that her major challenger “might be striving to established the phase for a further steal” in following month’s key. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey criticized her responses, contacting them “irresponsible.”

“The 2022 elections have not even been held nevertheless, and currently we’re looking at speculation doubting the success — especially if specific candidates lose,” Ducey claimed in a tweet. “It’s one particular of the most irresponsible matters I can think about.”

The system emulates a model set by Trump as early as 2016 when he claimed then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the well-liked vote because of common voter fraud. When he was elected, Trump shaped a commission to examine the election that was later disbanded just after it located no evidence of prevalent fraud.

Following his reduction in 2020 to President Joe Biden, Trump ongoing to position to promises of fraud and rigged voting devices even with getting advised by aides that election testimonials in quite a few states observed no proof. As a result, Trump and quite a few of his supporters misplaced 63 of 64 lawsuits hard the election benefits, in accordance to the .