MyPillow founder and prominent Trump supporter Mike Lindell defended his outspoken activism in a Wednesday New York Times story, arguing that “politics does not hurt your business.”
Lindell defended his actions, including amplifying former President Trump’s unfounded claims of fraud in the 2020 election, to the Times, saying that he hasn’t “alienated anybody except for the bots and the trolls and the hit jobs of the media.”
Lindell noted that MyPillow pulled in more than $300 million in revenue in 2019. After the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, MyPillow offered a “FightForTrump” discount code as Lindell falsely blamed the incident on “undercover antifa,” prompting backlash.After it had already banned Trump, Twitter permanently suspended Lindell on Monday, citing “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy.
Various MyPillow retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s, dropped Lindell’s product after he was photograph… (Read more)
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