Mike Lindell sabotaged his lead in Minnesota’s GOP primary race for governor by promising an amnesty for migrants, ending up with less than one-third of the GOP vote despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump.
Lindell lost decisively to GOP legislator Lisa DeMuth by 32 percent to 44 percent after leading in many polls.
In late July, Lindell proposed and defended a thinly concealed amnesty plan that won him praise from local donors and business groups. His plan would have cut Americans’ wages, raised the cost of homes, imposed more diversity on schools and neighborhoods, and incentivized politicians to empathize with migrants instead of Americans.
His clear defeat was celebrated...
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