Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow, said several companies stopped selling their products after he continued to press unfounded allegations of electoral fraud in the 2020 election.
Lindell, a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump, has repeatedly and falsely stated that Trump has not lost the election and will remain in office for a second term.
His continued drive for these false narratives, even after the deadly attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, has stopped social media from selling MyPillow products on social media.
In interviews this week, Lindell said that Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, HEB and Wayfair are all abandoning MyPillow. “They are trying to cancel me,” Lindell told Brian Glenn of the Right Side Broadcasting Network in a lengthy interview on Monday.
“I just hung up the phone with Bed Bath & Beyond. They’re leaving MyPillow. I just hung up the phone less than five minutes ago. Kohl’s, all these different places,” he said.
“These guys don’t understand … they are scared, like a Bed Bath & Beyond, they are scared. They were good partners. In fact, I said to them, ‘You guys come back when you want.'”
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Lindell later confirmed to Fox 9 that Wayfair and HEB also severed ties with MyPillow.
He said that companies are acting in response to social media campaigns that he claims are being perpetrated by “leftist groups”.
Lindell, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, Wayfair and HEB were contacted for comment.
The campaign group Sleeping Giants posted a tweet on Friday, asking Walmart, Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond and Lowe’s if they would continue to sell MyPillow products after the company’s CEO “called the insurrection”.
The tweet included a video of Lindell, allegedly filmed after Trump loyalists invaded the Capitol on January 6 after Trump urged them to “fight like hell” to overturn the election result.
“This is the only time we have in history to beat these guys, suppress evil and beat evil,” says Lindell in the clip. “This is a struggle for everything we grew up with, everything we live for, everything this country represents. The whole world is watching, and 100%, Donald Trump will be its president for the next four years.”
In her interview with Glenn, Lindell stated that the Sleeping Giants were “the most wicked people on the planet” for targeting their salespeople.
Lindell was attacked after a photo of him going to a meeting with Trump at the White House last week showed him carrying partially obscured notes that seemed to encourage the president to invoke “martial law if necessary”. They were interpreted by many as an attempt to help the twice impeachment president to cling to power.
Meanwhile, Dominion Voting Systems informed Lindell of his intention to sue him for his false claims that the company’s machines allowed widespread fraud in the November election.
“Despite knowing that your implausible attacks against Dominion have no basis in reality, you participated in the vast and coordinated disinformation campaign to slander Dominion,” said the letter from the company’s legal representatives.
Lindell said he welcomed the company’s litigation. “I thank Dominion for suing me. I appreciate it. Please. Please sue me … and then you can show us all about your machines,” he said.