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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jan 3, 2022, 09:59 PM Jan 2022

Washington State GOP Reps Spent Over $4K to Attend Mike Lindell's Election Fraud Conference

Three Republican lawmakers from Washington state spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to attend an election fraud conference hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

According to The Seattle Times, the state spent a total of $4,361 for the hotel rooms and flights for three representatives to attend the Cyber Symposium in August 2021. Robert Sutherland, Vicki Kraft, and Brad Klippert requested and received these reimbursements from the state legislature. All three representatives have a history of promoting the unfounded idea that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Despite the relatively minor amount of money spent by the Legislature to send the three representatives to the conference, the fact that the trip was funded by taxpayer dollars has some activists furious. One activist is Austin Evers, who serves as the director of the election fraud-debunking nonprofit American Oversight.

"The Mike Lindell symposium was on its face a conspiracy theory designed to undermine faith in American democracy," Evers told The Seattle Times. "It should not have been funded in any way by taxpayer dollars, and no one in public office should have been attending it."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-state-reps-spent-over-4k-to-attend-mike-lindell-s-election-fraud-conference/ar-AASoDR7

Did you all buy one of his shitty pillows?

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Washington State GOP Reps Spent Over $4K to Attend Mike Lindell's Election Fraud Conference (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
Hmmm, are these three lawmakers "bots" or "trolls"? Leghorn21 Jan 2022 #1
Washington State GOP Reps Spent Over $4K to Attend Mike Lindell's Fraud Election Conference Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #2

Leghorn21

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1. Hmmm, are these three lawmakers "bots" or "trolls"?
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 10:07 PM
Jan 2022
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s own supporters are growing increasingly restless awaiting Donald Trump’s reinstatement as president, as an endless stream of self-imposed deadlines touted by the pillow executive has come and gone. On his Thursday evening live stream, Lindell railed against “bots” and “trolls” that have been posing questions and statements on his Facebook page, such as: “Mike, you keep making promises. I don’t see Donald Trump.” Then, referring to his own fans growing impatient with his own fruitless promises, Lindell fired back: “Those are bots and trolls. Any real person out there would know we are doing everything we can!” Lindell’s supporters have also become increasingly vocal on his Telegram over the yet to occur Trump reinstatement, which was initially slated for August. ‘They [the bots and trolls] attack, it’s relentless,” he noted. Lindell didn’t return The Daily Beast’s request for comment on Thursday night.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lindell-calls-his-own-followers-bots-and-trolls-as-they-grow-tired-of-waiting-for-a-trump-reinstatement

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