A hex and prayers at Clay County GOP Caucus

None of the roughly 70 people attending the Clay County GOP caucus likely expected to be on the receiving end of a curse.

Seated around the Dilworth Elementary School Cafeteria, attendees listened as a volunteer read the results of the straw poll for the gubernatorial candidates.

Kendall Qualls led with 30 votes, the speaker announced, with Mike Lindell trailing by 23 votes.

As soon as Lindell’s vote tally was read, a cackle began to emerge from the far side of the room. It came from an unidentified person wearing a green cape with a cross dangling from a chain around their neck and carrying a red cane.

“Mike Lindell, 23, hahaha!” the bearded person crowed.





https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/a-hex-and-prayers-at-clay-county-republican-caucus