Lindell – a self-described former cocaine addict and alcoholic who says he found sobriety through Christianity – helped sponsor a two-week March for Trump bus tour that ended in Washington on Dec. Note that Lindell helped finance the March for Trump bus tour (via Reuters):Īnother important player and financier of the post-election protest movement was Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of the My Pillow company, whose advertisements and political commentary are a fixture on conservative media. Likewise, this headline does not strike one as serious, but rather as surreal (via WaPo): A pillow salesman apparently has some ideas about declaring martial law.īut here’s the bottom line: a CEO of an American company, who has cultivated a following in right-wing media via both his commercials and as a frequent TV guest/commentator showed up at the White House with a plan for the president to engage in an autogolpe (a self-coup) to stay in power by reshuffling key offices (such as CIA Director) and by instituting martial law. of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, who brought some notes with him” ( source) and not find it to be some level of amusing. Look, it is hard to read the sentence “President Trump, isolated and watching the clock count down on his time in the White House, spent a few minutes of it on Friday with the C.E.O. Union made in America to create good jobs that support American families.“Mike Lindell” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it. Hogg said some of his upcoming company’s main goals are to be “Union made in America to create good jobs that support American families Have an emphasis on supporting progressive causes Not attempt a white supremacist overthrow of the United States government… So you can sleep at night.” And of course, the former crack cocaine addict turned pillow salesman has been the butt of several jokes on “Saturday Night Live.“ 6, and he previously advised former President Trump to use martial law to remain in power. Lindell’s also supported the MAGA riot that attacked the Capitol Jan. Lindell caused a Newsmax anchor to walk off during an interview, though the network later said they’ll keep booking him. In case you missed it, the reason everyone is talking about Lindell is because he’s been a frequent guest on news shows lately amid a tireless uphill battle to convince people that voting machine companies like Dominion and Smartmatic miscounted votes in the 2020 election in favor of President Biden. Hogg said his plan is to work with the company in an “advisory role” for now while he focuses on school - he’s a political science major at Harvard right now. One fan asked Hogg if he thought he could put Lindell’s entire operation out of business, and he replied, “if we do let’s offer to hire the factory workers they got families.”Īlso Read: America's Day of Shame: Scenes From US Capitol Under Siege by MAGA Mob (Photos) nothing wrong with competition that does not infringe on someone’s patent,” Lindell said. Lindell told Axios Thursday morning that he welcomes Hogg’s competition for now. ![]() People can expect to place orders “in about 6 months- we would like to do it sooner but we have strict guidelines on sustainability and US based Union producers,” Hogg clarified in a tweet. I wanted to call it Not My Pillow but was shut down for the same reason,” Hogg said. But don’t worry the new name is even better. “Sadly it will not be called our pillow for legal reasons. A bunch of people were suggesting the name Our Pillow, but Hogg vetoed that idea. ![]() ![]() Already though, Hogg’s supporters on Twitter are begging for him to call it PillowHogg. The company’s name isn’t trademarked yet, and Hogg said he’s working out the details before sharing it publicly.
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