A typical person would be mortified if their uncle, son, or father acted in the manner that Mike Lindell, the founder and chief executive officer of MyPillow Inc., does. Lindell has fervently supported Donald Trump during his four years in office and on his way out, too, as the former president tried to overturn the election results. Things got so out of hand with Trump supporters pushing the Big Lie of widespread voter fraud that doesn’t exist that Dominion sent out letters threatening to sue Fox News, Newsmax, and One America News for defamation.
Lindell was recently banned from Twitter; then he tried to use his company account to spread the conspiracy theories about the election, so that account was banned, too. Newsmax anchors touched on that with Lindell; then the MyPillow guy launched into a rant about his evidence-defying conspiracy theories.
Anchor Bob Sellers tried to get him to shut the fuck up and tried to cut him off to note that there’s no evidence to his claims regarding Dominion voting machines.
That didn’t stop Lindell.
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“They’re doing this because I’m reviewing all of the evidence on Friday of all the election fraud of all these machines,” Lindell insisted. “So I’m sorry if you…”
“Ok, I’m going to ask our producers, can we get outta here, please?” the frustrated anchor asked. “I don’t want to have to keep going over this.”
A shouting match ensued with Lindell refusing to stop spouting lies about the election, then the anchor just left.
Watch:
Newsmax invites Mike Lindell, who advocated for a coup and spews dangerous conspiracy theories, on air. It didn’t go well. pic.twitter.com/6xzSgXlHua
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) February 2, 2021
Attorneys for Dominion and Smartmatic, another election-tech company, have warned of lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, Fox News, Newsmax, and One America News. The Newsmax anchor tried to cut Lindell off because he knows the pillow salesman is lying. And these lies led to the violent insurrection at the Capitol last month, leaving five dead, including a police officer, while the nation watched in shock as Trump supporters seized the building.
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