President Donald Trump suffered another withering defeat Tuesday night when a close and high-profile ally lost his primary race — and told the media he wouldn't concede. Mike Lindell — a close ally of the president who was at the forefront of his 2020 election denialism — fell to Republican state House Speaker Lisa Demuth in Minnesota's gubernatorial primary. Pamela Evette lost in South Carolina, where Trump later offered a dual endorsement to Attorney General Alan Wilson. Political commentator Mike Nellis characterized the losses as evidence that the president is a "lame duck." "He was doomed in the general against Klobuchar, but Mike Lindell falling short in Minnesota is a HUGE embarrassment to Trump after his endorsement," Nellis wrote on X.