Embattled MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell
said this week that a variety of retailers are set to cancel
his brand’s popular products. The move came after Lindell has been
at the center of a controversy for his close friendship with the
president and his vocal allegations of voter fraud in the 2020
presidential election.
What are the details?
Lindell, a staunch Trump supporter, made the announcement on
Monday night during a Right Side Broadcasting interview with
commentator Brian Glenn.
“I just got off the phone with Bed Bath & Beyond. They’re
dropping MyPillow,” he said. “Just got off the phone not five
minutes ago. Kohl’s, all these different places. These guys don’t
understand. … They’re scared. They were good partners. In fact, I
told them, ‘You guys come back any time you want.'”
According to USA Today, Lindell also said that Wayfair and H-E-B
have also severed ties with his company.
Lindell also said that the companies were opting to yank his
product due to a coordinated boycott by “leftist groups.”
In a Tuesday email to
NBC News, Lindell said that a “group has attacked my vendors”
and that retailers called him to say they were threatened with a
“boycott if they don’t comply” and drop his products.
NBC News on Tuesday reported that Today’s Shopping Source also
confirmed that MyPillow products would no longer be sold on the
home shopping channel.
In an email to
the Dallas Morning News, Kohl’s said that it opted to
discontinue the product due to lagging sales.
“There has been decreased customer demand for MyPillow,” Kohl’s
said in an emailed statement. “We will sell our current inventory
and not buy additional/future inventory in the brand.”
The other companies have not issued public remarks on the move
at the time of this writing.
What else?
During the Monday interview, Lindell also
said that he welcomes litigation from Dominion Voting Systems
for what he says was Dominion’s role in defrauding the 2020
presidential election.
Dominion has denied all accusations of engaging in voter
fraud.
Dominion recently issued a cease-and-desist letter insisting
that the MyPillow CEO engaged in a “smear campaign” against the
company.
A portion of the letter read, “Despite knowing your implausible
attacks against Dominion have no basis in reality, you have
participated in the vast and concerted misinformation campaign to
slander Dominion. Litigation regarding these issues is
imminent.”
In response to the letter, Lindell said, “I want Dominion to put
up their lawsuit because we have 100% evidence that China and other
countries used their machines to steal the election.”
Editorial note: In the interest of full disclosure, MyPillow is
a current advertiser on a program that appears on BlazeTV.
