Mike Lindell's Embarrassing Grift

BRUTAL: See Mike Lindell admit how much of donors' money has been spent on his own book.

This week, a reporter asked Mike Lindell a simple question: “Why did you spend over half of your campaign contributions buying copies of your own book?”

His answer? “We got them for a very good price.” (Watch the video below)

Lindell—who’s raised $350,000 to run for Minnesota governor—has blown through $175,000 buying copies of his $19.97 memoir about recovering from crack addiction. He hands them out instead of campaign flyers because, he says, “then you know who I am.”

Now contrast that with how actual public servants run campaigns.

They hire field organizers to register voters. They buy ads to communicate their vision. They host town halls. They invest in democracy—not in themselves.

That’s not spin.

That’s not interpretation.

That’s the difference between serving others and serving yourself.

And here’s the part that should alarm every voter: Lindell isn’t even hiding it. (Video below)

When asked if he’d keep spending donor money on his book, he said “Absolutely.” This from a man who’s already millions in debt, owes $2.3 million in defamation damages, and admits “I don’t have any money left.”

But here’s what Raw America can report that other outlets won’t touch: Lindell’s “charitable” foundation? It donated $1,000 to actual causes out of $18,000 raised in 2021. The rest? Administrative costs and salaries.

This is the grift laid bare. Take money from people who believe in you. Spend it on yourself. Call it public service.

Some politicians inspire voters to believe in something bigger than themselves.

Others ask voters to fund their personal brand.

Some leaders invest in movements.

Others turn movements into marketing schemes.

And here’s what makes this so infuriating: while Lindell hawks his memoir at rodeos and promises to jail Democrats, real problems go unsolved. While he spends donor money on his book, Minnesota families struggle with issues that require actual leadership.

Raw America has been tracking this pattern for months—how conspiracy theorists like Lindell transform political movements into personal piggy banks. How they exploit genuine concerns about democracy to fund their own ventures.

Corporate media treats this as entertainment. We treat it as journalism.

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Because when politicians spend campaign funds on vanity projects, that’s not leadership.

That’s just expensive narcissism.

Here’s the video.