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In many political races around the country, an endorsement from President Donald Trump is enough to put a candidate over the top. But that was not the case in the Minnesota governor’s race, where Lisa Demuth defeated the Trump-endorsed Mike Lindell by 11 points, or 45,000 votes.
Demuth told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS on Friday she thinks Minnesota voters were more focused on a change in state leadership after years of fraud scandals.
“Fraud is something that is brought up in every conversation in every place in the state,” she said. “They are tired of fraud.”
But Demuth also knows Democrats will keep portraying her as a potential “rubber stamp” for Trump if she’s elected because they claim she won’t identify any issue where she disagrees with his policies.
When asked about that, she somewhat tongue-in-cheek says she doesn’t think Canada should become our 51...
