The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota in 2015. (Photo: Dirk Lammers, AP)
Hundreds of Republicans that still believe that, contrary to any and all evidence, Donald Trump actually won the 2020 elections and only didn’t get a second term in office due to mass voter fraud congregated together on the Corn Palace in South Dakota on Monday to see the World’s Biggest Corn Cob. By which we mean, a sweaty guy with a mustache yelling about voting machines and who kept on telling them to log onto his friend Frank.
The Corn Palace is a big arena slash tourist trap that is themed around corn. Usually, the biggest corn cobs on display there are statues with cartoon faces on them, accompanied by lots of other regular-sized corn cobs for theming. MyPillow co-founder and attempted coup leader Mike Lindell spoke there on Monday to continue spreading a hoax theory that the Chinese government, or other nefarious foreigners, worked in concert with U.S. election tech firms such as Dominion Voting
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell walks out to a cheering crowd on Monday, May 10, 2021, during a rally at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)
MITCHELL, S.D. A crowd of 1,650 was at the Corn Palace on Monday night, May 10, for the Frank Rally, which was set to be the rollout of conservative personality Mike Lindell’s much-hyped social media platform.
Lindell, famous for creating the MyPillow company and for his claims that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was fraudulent, was rolling out “Frank,” which he said would promise free speech and fight back against “cancel culture.”
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell held a free rally Monday at Mitchell’s Corn Palace to promote his new website, FrankSpeech.com.
About 1,000 people showed up for the event. Some traveled hours to attend.
The rally featured guest speakers, including 1980s “Saturday Night Live” star Joe Piscopo. Attendees were given a free copy of Lindell’s autobiography, “What Are The Odds,” and his docu-movie, “Absolute Proof: Exposing Election Fraud and the Theft of America.”
Lindell started Frank Speech after he was kicked off Twitter and other platforms. He was banned for spreading conspiracy theories and baseless claims that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell held his much-anticipated-by-fans Frank Speech rally Monday night at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, where there was no shortage of baseless claims about the 2020 election. The event was billed as providing a venue for Lindell to relaunch his failed social media platform Frank, but no announcement about the platform occurred.
Before the event began, a long line of people waiting to get into the venue wrapped around the outside of the building. But once they got inside, the situation was less impressive. Only around 1,500 people tuned out for the event, which Lindell had initially boasted might draw a crowd of 30,000 supporters. (In fact, the Corn Palace s seating capacity is just 3,200.) Even so, Business�
Mike Lindell Falsely Claims Trump Got 80 Million Votes, Was on Course to Win All Swing States
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My Pillow CEO Michael Lindell has falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election with 80 million votes. Lindell also claimed that Trump would have won six key battleground states if election fraudsters hadn t rigged the vote against him.
Lindell made his claims on Monday evening at an in-person, indoor rally in the Corn Palace, an arena in Mitchell, South Dakota. During the event, Lindell claimed that on Election Night, people rigged voting machines against Trump. However, the riggers underestimated the number of votes Trump would win, Lindell claimed.