MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Saturday called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast” and threatened to sue Dominion Voting Systems for allegedly “suppressing the truth” about electoral fraud.
Lindell made the comments in an appearance in Steve Bannon’s book War Room: Pandemic podcast, the day after the launch of Absolute proof, his two-hour electoral fraud “documentary”. During the interview, Lindell protested the “culture cancellation”, the vaccine and the blocking measures put in place to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic.
“I think we are following a communist path, socialism is coming here, everyone can see what happened in Nazi Germany. I mean, this is – we are falling – it is happening so fast, when I see and experience the cancellation of people, the cancellation of people’s jobs, they don’t exist, ”he said.
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Lindell went on to say that the COVID-19 vaccine was the “mark of the beast” – a prophecy mentioned in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Bible book of Revelation.
“Now it’s this ‘World Order’, this thing is in the Apocalypse, you know, that’s what I was talking about, and you combine that with this vaccine, this ‘mark of the beast’ thing,” he said. “I mean, this is awful, keeping us indoors.”
The Bible verse has been interpreted differently throughout history. Some Christian sects believe that the brand refers to a tattoo or brand name that anti-Christians will impose on the world for the purpose of control. Other sects believe that the mark symbolically means loyalty to a non-religious government.
At the beginning of the interview, Lindell also came up with the idea of suing Dominion Voting Systems. “I will go after them if that – if there is a way to do that, I will do it for the American people. We need it. The truth needs to be revealed. So if the truth does not come here, if they keep suppressing it, what other resource do I have? “he said. “I have to take them to court.”
The comments came after Dominion sent the bed manager a letter warning of an “imminent” dispute over his unverified allegations of electoral fraud. On Sunday, Dominion spokesman Michael Steel told CNN that “Lindell is begging to be sued and at some point, we might as well serve you.”
Shortly after the release of Lindell’s electoral fraud “documentary” on Friday, YouTube and Vimeo quickly removed the film from their platforms. A YouTube spokesman told Vice News that the content of the two-hour article “violated our presidential election integrity policy”.
Conservative media network One American News (OAN) aired the film on Friday with a 90-second disclaimer. “Mr. Lindell is the sole author and executive producer of this program and is solely and exclusively responsible for its content,” he said. “This program is not a product of the OAN reports.”
Newsweek reached Lindell representatives for more comments.