Lindell rose to political fame within the final yr as he turned a high ally of then-President Donald Trump, even talking at a White Home occasion
Lindell rose to political fame within the final yr as he turned a high ally of then-President Donald Trump, even talking at a White Home occasion within the early weeks of the pandemic. Trump referred to as him a buddy throughout that Rose Backyard press briefing. After the 2020 election, Lindell turned probably the most distinguished folks touting Trump’s falsehoods a few stolen election, and he hosted a feature-length documentary on the One America Information Community concerning the topic.
Lindell went to the White Home plenty of occasions over the last yr of Trump’s presidency, together with just a few days earlier than the inauguration of President Joe Biden. On one event he was photographed carrying a doc speaking about “martial legislation.”
Lindell on Tuesday shared a screenshot of a calendar occasion headlined “RGA – Nashville Assembly” with the attachment “Nashville Agenda.pdf,” and mentioned he had been invited to the occasion within the final month or two. He additionally shared the schedule of RGA occasions for Tuesday and Wednesday that had the phrase “CONFIDENTIAL” on the backside. Lindell additionally shared his “govt roundtable” badge to the convention; the dinner Tuesday evening was titled “govt roundtable reception and dinner.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Lindell had gone on Steve Bannon’s radio present and promised to confront Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, RGA’s chair, concerning the election and allegations of fraud of their states.
Tons of of persons are attending this week’s convention in Nashville, the group’s first extensively attended occasion to be held because the begin of the Covid pandemic greater than a yr in the past.
In February, Lindell was sued by Dominion Voting Methods for $1.three billion in a defamation swimsuit accusing him of repeatedly and falsely saying that Dominion’s voting machines had stolen the election for Biden.
Lindell has attended earlier conferences of the RGA, together with the winter 2020 assembly, the place just a few Republican governors inspired him to run for governor of Minnesota. Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell introduced him to that occasion, however Lindell was not with McDonnell on the resort on Tuesday. Trump has additionally inspired Lindell to run.
Lindell mentioned within the interview on Tuesday that as a substitute of staying the subsequent few days in Nashville, he was going to the airport to go away town on his personal aircraft.