My Pillow founder and Trump ally Mike Lindell slammed Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Monday, teasing a bid to challenge the former vice presidential candidate in Minnesota’s 2026 gubernatorial race.
“I live here in Minnesota, everywhere I go, nobody wants Tim Walz,” Lindell said on his streaming platform, LindellTV. “They don’t. Even if you’re a Democrat, you think he’s a good Democrat governor? They don’t even like him for what he did these nonsensical things he did.”
Lindell considered running for governor in 2022, suggesting that Trump encouraged him to launch a bid. He also weighed running in 2018.
The My Pillow founder grew to prominence among MAGA-aligned Republicans as he echoed Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of former President Joe Biden.
He was sued by Dominion Voting Systems over his claims that their machines were rigged and was ordered by a judge to pay $5 million after publicly pledging to pay anyone who could disprove his assertion that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Walz has been governor since 2019 and had a nationwide approval rating of 42.5% ahead of the 2024 election according to RealClearPolitics. His approval rating in his own state is 52% as of February.
Minnesota’s gubernatorial race will be held on Nov. 3, 2026.