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With almost all votes counted, Demuth was more than 45,000 votes ahead of Lindell, who had the backing of Donald Trump, beating him by 43.4% to 32.5%.

Businessman Kendall Qualls, backed by the Republican state party, was trailing in third.

Told by a reporter on his own streaming channel, LindellTV, that the AP had declared the race over, Lindell dismissed the wire service outright. Asked why he wouldn’t accept the call, he questioned the AP’s authority to determine the outcome and insisted hundreds of thousands of votes remained uncounted.

“I’m not going to give up this race until the votes are counted,” Lindell said. “That’s nonsense.”

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[-] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 149 points 3 days ago

Of course not. Denial of reality is pretty much his whole brand.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 3 days ago

I think he was probably more sane when he was a drug addict.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago

Do we have reason to believe he isn't still a drug addict?

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

Definitely not on anything good.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Hey now. It's not the drug's fault that some dipshit used them. It might be a perfectly good drug.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A rich dude who still chooses to huff gas and paint even though he could be smoking the best heroin, crack, or meth that exists.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

He is not rich at all. He is in incredible debt after losing a bunch of lawsuits because of all the lying he does.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Eureka. That explains all the gas and paint hufffing

[-] ulkesh@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago

Denial of reality is pretty much ~~his~~ all Republicans' whole brand.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 76 points 3 days ago

It's pathetic that this is the new normal for one of the major parties. Acting like deranged toddlers and leaning heavily on a bullshit reason whenever their fee-fees get hurt by the fact that most people don't want them in a position of power.

Aside from your toxic, brain-damaged cult members, everyone fucking hates you Lindell!!! Grab a fucking clue and go back full time to making shit sleeping products!

[-] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Hell maybe he wants a lawsuit and to try to get a hold of the election machines so they can rig the midterm for Republicans....

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Nope, nope, it's all a CONSPIRACEE, you see!!!11

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 45 points 3 days ago

So now the republicans are rigging their own elections??

Okay pillow boy.

[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

LOL, you lost by over 11%. You aren't getting a recount or a second thought. 🤣

[-] artyom@piefed.social 27 points 2 days ago

Of course he's not. We live in an attention economy and The Guardian is paying him.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's a hell of a lot more likely the opposite is true...

[-] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

“The election was rigged!” LOL

[-] ryrybang@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

It's not even that conspiratorial. It's even more stupid. It's "the GOP primary, organized and administered by my own GOP party, so that the GOP party can pick their candidate to run in the general election, is...rigged!!11!!1!1"

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

How could the God-Emperor abandon his most loyal servant, Mike Lindell, though?

[-] Astronut@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago

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[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

He’s oddly always left this guy high and dry and idiot Lindell just keeps coming back for more.

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Cool. We don't need a concession. Just move on and ignore the loser.

[-] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

Someone buy this man a mypillow and get him to bed.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago
[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

He needs time to prepare the fundraiser for his election fraud lawsuit.

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 2 days ago

Lindell built his political career on the claim that Trump’s 2020 defeat was the product of a rigged and stolen election, spending what he has said were tens of millions of dollars pursuing that conspiracy theory through lawsuits, documentaries and conferences, even as courts repeatedly threw it out.

So, it's either lunacy or money laundering, isn't it?

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Mike Lindell, the lumpy pillow salesman....

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 7 points 3 days ago
[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Y’know someday he's really gonna embarrass himself.

lol jk

[-] 1orangecat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

STDs don't concede, they just keep coming back for more.

[-] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 5 points 2 days ago

Just let the poor guy make an ass out of himself, as it's the only thing he's good at, and the only thing he has left.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That split is far too close.

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I mean, meth doesn’t concede, that’s the whole modus operandi of meth.

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 days ago

cocaine is a helluva drug

[-] MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app 2 points 3 days ago
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