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TexasTowelie

(112,523 posts)
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 07:15 PM Aug 2021

Lindell's dangerous fellow travelers among Minnesota GOP elected officials

Jennifer Carnahan’s spectacular implosion as chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota is not even the most concerning recent event for Republicans or — more importantly — the rest of us.

Yes, her close ties to indicted donor and party operative Anton Lazzaro — followed by a cascade of stories of her bullying behavior — are tawdry and dispiriting to those of us who would hope Minnesota’s best would volunteer for public life.

The more important event, however, took place recently in South Dakota, where the frenetic pillow mogul Mike Lindell held a three-day conference in which he purported to offer proof that the 2020 election was stolen.

Which, OK, fine. The man with the colorful past of cocaine, champagne and what he called a “fake” bankruptcy wants to stay famous and sell more pillows. Who cares, right?

Read more:
https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/08/26/lindells-dangerous-fellow-travelers-among-minnesota-gop-elected-officials-column/

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