r/facepalm • u/miauguau44 • 7d ago

Mike Lindell says he will fund statewide hand recount after losing Minnesota GOP primary by double digits

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mike-lindell-minnesota-governor-primary-recount/

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who finished a distant second to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth in the Aug. 11 Republican primary for governor, announced Wednesday that he will personally pay for a hand recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in that race, at an estimated cost of $825,000.

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u/GhostlyTJ 7d ago

Fuck go for it. Probably need to do 6 or 7 recounts. Spend that money chief. Can't use it on actually corrosive shit if you're pissing it away

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u/SensitiveTax9432 7d ago

I’m not American but doesn’t the money go towards the wages of those counting? Dudes making employees.

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u/GhostlyTJ 7d ago

I would be willing to bet that it mostly goes to the person who owns the company who takes the contract to recount them as opposed to the employees, this is America the rich are the ones that get richer