Minnesota top court puts Mike Lindell's governor primary recount bid to bed

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s call for a recount after his loss in the Republican gubernatorial primary by 11 points.

Lindell has made a name for himself on the national stage for consistently denying the legitimacy of election results, carrying that theme through to his own landslide loss to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth on Aug. 11. Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson said in a six-page ruling that Lindell’s claim “fails on the merits” and wrote that he seemed not to understand the purpose of a recount.