TOO NUTTY FOR TRUMP AND NEWSMAX & OAN
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's election conspiracy documentary starts with an epic disclaimer from OAN
Kathryn Krawczyk
Fri, February 5, 2021
Mike Lindell's election fraud conspiracies are too wild even for OANN.
The MyPillow CEO and big fan of former President Donald Trump has been spouting unproven and unhinged conspiracy theories alleging Trump actually won re-election for months now. And on Friday, he bought out a three-hour spot on the far-right One America News Network to host a so-called documentary outlining his very false claims.
OANN is no stranger to airing falsities about the 2020 election; the lies it promoted often even ended up in Trump's tweets until his Twitter suspension last month. But Lindell's documentary apparently went too far, leading the network to put a massive disclaimer ahead of the presentation that both disavows Lindell's claims and encourages viewers to "hear from all sides," even Lindell's patently false one.
OANN is the latest right-wing network to display a bit of hesitation when dealing with Lindell. NewsMax had Lindell on as a guest the other day to discuss his ban from Twitter, but when he immediately turned to the election, one of the hosts stormed off the set. The NewsMax host has since apologized to Lindell.
Kathryn Krawczyk
Fri, February 5, 2021
Mike Lindell's election fraud conspiracies are too wild even for OANN.
The MyPillow CEO and big fan of former President Donald Trump has been spouting unproven and unhinged conspiracy theories alleging Trump actually won re-election for months now. And on Friday, he bought out a three-hour spot on the far-right One America News Network to host a so-called documentary outlining his very false claims.
OANN is no stranger to airing falsities about the 2020 election; the lies it promoted often even ended up in Trump's tweets until his Twitter suspension last month. But Lindell's documentary apparently went too far, leading the network to put a massive disclaimer ahead of the presentation that both disavows Lindell's claims and encourages viewers to "hear from all sides," even Lindell's patently false one.
OANN is the latest right-wing network to display a bit of hesitation when dealing with Lindell. NewsMax had Lindell on as a guest the other day to discuss his ban from Twitter, but when he immediately turned to the election, one of the hosts stormed off the set. The NewsMax host has since apologized to Lindell.
Newsmax invites Mike Lindell, who advocated for a coup and spews dangerous conspiracy theories, on air. It didn't go well.
UNEDITED DIRECTORS CUT
Julie Gerstein
Fri., February 5, 2021,
Julie Gerstein
Fri., February 5, 2021,
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell outside the White House on January 15.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has announced a three-hour film pushing baseless election-fraud claims.
He said on a Christian YouTube channel that it'd "mean the end times" if the film didn't catch on.
Early this week, Lindell was cut off by a Newsmax anchor for spouting election conspiracy theories.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared on the Christian YouTube channel The Revival Channel to announce that he's releasing a three-hour film Friday in support of his baseless claims of issues in the 2020 election.
"Absolute Proof" was made, he said, over a five-day period "holed up with people guarding me."
Speaking in front of a drab wall with a fake screen of trees, in a location he refused to disclose, Lindell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, said the documentary proved "100%, the theft by China and these different international locations, this cyberattack on our nation right here, that took, that flipped votes."
Elections officials and even Trump officials such as Attorney General Bill Barr and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.
"There are no indications that a foreign actor has succeeded in compromising or affecting the actual votes cast in this election," Wolf said in a November 3 press conference.
Lindell said his film would prove there was "a communist coup."
"We prayed over every word that was in this piece," he told The Revival Channel's host. "The last four days, 12 people, three hours of sleep a night, A lot of stuff was done in one take because the Holy Spirit was just speaking it out."
This is not Lindell's first foray into film. He's served as a producer on several conservative films, including 2019's "Unplanned," and in 2016 was the subject of the documentary "The Mike Lindell Story: An American Dream."
Lindell is among several Trump surrogates and supporters who were threatened with litigation by Dominion Voting Systems after repeatedly making baseless claims about election fraud involving its machines.
Lindell appeared on the conservative cable channel Newsmax early this week, ostensibly to talk about "cancel culture" but instead reviving his claims of election interference. The anchor Bob Sellers grew visibly irritated when Lindell instead began rattling off his Dominion Voting Systems election-fraud claims and cut in to remind viewers that Lindell's claims were unsubstantiated. Sellers then appeared to walk off set in frustration.
Last month, Lindell was permanently barred from Twitter for repeatedly making baseless election-fraud claims that Twitter said violated its user policy.
News of the documentary came as the gun-control activist David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, announced he would be launching a rival pillow company "to put MyPillow out of business."
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has announced a three-hour film pushing baseless election-fraud claims.
He said on a Christian YouTube channel that it'd "mean the end times" if the film didn't catch on.
Early this week, Lindell was cut off by a Newsmax anchor for spouting election conspiracy theories.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared on the Christian YouTube channel The Revival Channel to announce that he's releasing a three-hour film Friday in support of his baseless claims of issues in the 2020 election.
"Absolute Proof" was made, he said, over a five-day period "holed up with people guarding me."
Speaking in front of a drab wall with a fake screen of trees, in a location he refused to disclose, Lindell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, said the documentary proved "100%, the theft by China and these different international locations, this cyberattack on our nation right here, that took, that flipped votes."
Elections officials and even Trump officials such as Attorney General Bill Barr and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.
"There are no indications that a foreign actor has succeeded in compromising or affecting the actual votes cast in this election," Wolf said in a November 3 press conference.
Lindell said his film would prove there was "a communist coup."
"We prayed over every word that was in this piece," he told The Revival Channel's host. "The last four days, 12 people, three hours of sleep a night, A lot of stuff was done in one take because the Holy Spirit was just speaking it out."
This is not Lindell's first foray into film. He's served as a producer on several conservative films, including 2019's "Unplanned," and in 2016 was the subject of the documentary "The Mike Lindell Story: An American Dream."
Lindell is among several Trump surrogates and supporters who were threatened with litigation by Dominion Voting Systems after repeatedly making baseless claims about election fraud involving its machines.
Lindell appeared on the conservative cable channel Newsmax early this week, ostensibly to talk about "cancel culture" but instead reviving his claims of election interference. The anchor Bob Sellers grew visibly irritated when Lindell instead began rattling off his Dominion Voting Systems election-fraud claims and cut in to remind viewers that Lindell's claims were unsubstantiated. Sellers then appeared to walk off set in frustration.
Last month, Lindell was permanently barred from Twitter for repeatedly making baseless election-fraud claims that Twitter said violated its user policy.
News of the documentary came as the gun-control activist David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, announced he would be launching a rival pillow company "to put MyPillow out of business."
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Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg plans to take down MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell with a new progressive pillow company
Sophia Ankel
Sat., February 6, 2021
It aimed to "run a better business and make a better product all with more happy staff than Mike the pillow guy while creating US-based Union jobs and helping people."
Read more: The MyPillow guy says God helped him beat a crack addiction to build a multimillion-dollar empire. Now his religious devotion to Trump threatens to bring it all crashing down.
In another tweet, Hogg said the company would "put an emphasis on supporting the progressive cause and "not attempt a white supremacist overthrow of the United States government."
"This pillow fight just got very real," Hogg added.
The 20-year-old said that he and LeGate are hoping to "sell $1 million of product within our first year," Axios reported.
"[W]e would like to do it sooner but we have strict guidelines on sustainability and [U.S.] based Union producers," Hogg said.
The company is expected to launch in about six months. Hogg said he would only have an advisory role for now to concentrate on finishing college. He currently attends Harvard University.
Responding to the news of his possible competitors, Lindell told Axios: "Good for them...nothing wrong with the competition that does not infringe on someone's patent."
Hogg recently found himself back in the spotlight after a video emerged showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing him on Capitol Hill as he walked toward the Capitol in March 2018 to advocate for gun control.
The video shows Greene calling Hogg, who was 17 at the time, a "coward" just weeks after he survived the deadly February 14 shooting.
Hogg responded to the video going viral on Twitter, saying it's an example of the kind of intimidation fellow gun-violence survivors face while trying to prevent other mass shootings.
"As we fight for peace, we also face massive amounts of death threats and armed intimidation simply for not wanting our friends to die anymore," Hogg wrote. "This is not the country we should be and it's not the country we have to be."
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Sophia Ankel
Sat., February 6, 2021
Parkland shooting survivor and activist David Hogg (L) in Los Angeles on July 20, 2018 and MyPillow CEO Michael Lindell (R) at the White House on January 15, 2021.
Emma McIntyre/Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg Hogg is teaming up with William LeGate, a progressive tech entrepreneur.
The gun-control advocate tweeting the news on Thursday said the company is still in its "early stages."
MyPillow CEO and ardent Trump supporter Mike Lindell responded: "Good for them."
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor who has become a leading advocate of gun control, announced plans to launch his own pillow company to put MyPillow CEO, Mike Lindell, out of business.
Hogg said he is teaming up with William LeGate, a progressive tech entrepreneur, to compete with Lindell, who is a fervent Trump supporter and has spent the last few weeks repeatedly promoting baseless claims of election fraud.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the 20-year-old said the company is still in the "early stages."
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg Hogg is teaming up with William LeGate, a progressive tech entrepreneur.
The gun-control advocate tweeting the news on Thursday said the company is still in its "early stages."
MyPillow CEO and ardent Trump supporter Mike Lindell responded: "Good for them."
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor who has become a leading advocate of gun control, announced plans to launch his own pillow company to put MyPillow CEO, Mike Lindell, out of business.
Hogg said he is teaming up with William LeGate, a progressive tech entrepreneur, to compete with Lindell, who is a fervent Trump supporter and has spent the last few weeks repeatedly promoting baseless claims of election fraud.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the 20-year-old said the company is still in the "early stages."
It aimed to "run a better business and make a better product all with more happy staff than Mike the pillow guy while creating US-based Union jobs and helping people."
Read more: The MyPillow guy says God helped him beat a crack addiction to build a multimillion-dollar empire. Now his religious devotion to Trump threatens to bring it all crashing down.
In another tweet, Hogg said the company would "put an emphasis on supporting the progressive cause and "not attempt a white supremacist overthrow of the United States government."
"This pillow fight just got very real," Hogg added.
The 20-year-old said that he and LeGate are hoping to "sell $1 million of product within our first year," Axios reported.
"[W]e would like to do it sooner but we have strict guidelines on sustainability and [U.S.] based Union producers," Hogg said.
The company is expected to launch in about six months. Hogg said he would only have an advisory role for now to concentrate on finishing college. He currently attends Harvard University.
Responding to the news of his possible competitors, Lindell told Axios: "Good for them...nothing wrong with the competition that does not infringe on someone's patent."
Hogg recently found himself back in the spotlight after a video emerged showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing him on Capitol Hill as he walked toward the Capitol in March 2018 to advocate for gun control.
The video shows Greene calling Hogg, who was 17 at the time, a "coward" just weeks after he survived the deadly February 14 shooting.
Hogg responded to the video going viral on Twitter, saying it's an example of the kind of intimidation fellow gun-violence survivors face while trying to prevent other mass shootings.
"As we fight for peace, we also face massive amounts of death threats and armed intimidation simply for not wanting our friends to die anymore," Hogg wrote. "This is not the country we should be and it's not the country we have to be."
Read the original article on Business Insider
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