WASHINGTON — President Trump threw his support behind MyPillow pitchman Mike Lindell in the Minnesota race for governor. Political observers responded that Trump’s endorsement might sway some Republicans in the August primary. But, they added, the endorsement unlikely to influence who wins who wins the GOP spot on the November general election ballot. Consider:
> Trump’s plummeting influence in Minnesota, even among Republicans, especially after his brutal Metro Surge military occupation of Minneaplois and St. Paul over the winter.
> Lindell’s failure to come close to winning the GOP endorsement for governor at the state Republican convention in May. At the convention Lindell pulled less than 21% on the fourth of 10 ballots. Businessman Kendall Qualls won the endorsement. Second behind Qualls was state House Speaker Liaa Demuth. Like Lindell, Demuth has continued her primary election campaign.
Trump announced his support for Lindell online. He called Lindell “one of America’s greatest and most hard-working patriots”:
“Mike will be SPECTACULAR!!! He truly loves Minnesota, as do I, and wants to bring it back from oblivion and embarrassment. He can do it!”
Trump used the announcement to contiuue his trash-talk about current Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat. Lindell, said Trumo, would replace “one of the worst and most incompetent governors ihe history of the U.S.A.”