GOP Officials Demand Mike Lindell End False Election Claims About Idaho
Top Republican officials in Idaho have sent a cease-and-desist letter to MyPillow founder Mike Lindell over his false claims about the 2020 election results in the Western state.
Lindell, along with former President Donald Trump, has been a key promoter of the conspiracy theory that the last presidential election was "rigged" or "stolen" in favor of President Joe Biden. No evidence has emerged substantiating the allegation, and many Republican officials across the country have repeatedly countered the false claims about the election.
Idaho's Secretary of State Lawerence Denney and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, both Republicans, sent a letter to Lindell on Tuesday demanding that he "promptly remove all false statements about Idaho's elections" from his website, the Idaho Statesman reported on Thursday. The letter also urged the pro-Trump businessman to "refrain from making similar statements in the future."
"Despite knowing your statements about Idaho's elections are false, you have not removed your 'Big Lie' chart and continue to perpetuate your false statements," the letter from the GOP officials said. Denney and Wasden demanded that Lindell pay a bill of about $6,000 to cover the cost of the review Idaho did to counter his false claims.
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