Conservatives mock MyPillow's Mike Lindell over 'lunatic' DeSantis conspiracy theory

Conrad Hoyt

December 22, 07:17 PM December 22, 07:17 PM

Online conservatives attacked MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell after the businessman and Trump ally cast doubt on Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) victory in Miami-Dade County for the state's governorship.

“I don’t believe it,” Lindell said on his Frank Speech website Tuesday concerning DeSantis’s 10-plus point triumph. “So it’s just going to show everybody, just like we always tell you about Democrats where they stole their elections. ... I’m going to find out [what happened in] Dade County."

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"It's a deviation from [the] norm. It's very much a deviation," he added.

An archive of election results in Miami-Dade County shows that Republicans typically do not win the county.

Conservative thinkers, including bloggers, content creators, and TV personalities, voiced their displeasure over Lindell's voter fraud questioning.

"Lindell needs to go away," former Newsmax host John Cardillo wrote on Twitter. "He’s being interviewed by a guy he funds, on his own network, spewing lunatic conspiracy theories. DeSantis did well in FL because he did an amazing job for FL. Lindell’s BS is pathetic, and he should stop listening to grifters using him for $$$."

Joe Cunningham, an editor at the conservative blog RedState, took it a step further and mocked Lindell, writing, “I mean, DeSantis’ victory margins are just as insane as THIS AMAZING NEW DEAL ON MYPILLOW IF YOU GO TO MYPILLOW DOT COM AND...”

Late Wednesday evening, Lindell doubled down, vowing to push forward his Florida audit despite the right-wing pushback. He told the Daily Beast his investigation could reveal voting “deviations,” which could help “get rid of these electronic voting machines.”

This is not the first time Lindell has disputed the results of an election. The MyPillow CEO has boosted former President Donald Trump's claims of a fraudulent election in 2020. He claimed in September that the FBI seized his phone, and he was sued in February 2021 by electronic voting company Dominion for defamation. Lindell's challenge against it was thrown out in October.

Mike Lindell commits to 'do whatever it takes' to get his Twitter account back

Jenny Goldsberry

November 23, 10:16 AM November 23, 10:16 AM

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell went on the record Tuesday to promise to do "whatever it takes" to reclaim his Twitter account.

Lindell appeared on Steve Bannon's podcast War Room to discuss his ban from the platform. He was permanently banned in January 2021 for his tweets claiming election fraud. When he attempted to create a second account in May, it was also subsequently banned. Bannon recommended Lindell go live with the new Twitter CEO Elon Musk and answer any and all of his questions "mano a mano."

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"Absolutely. I'd fly to him, do whatever it takes, I would hand it to him on a silver platter," Lindell said. "I would do that any day, anytime, any time of day or night, and I'll drop everything I have to do that, Steve, because I believe it's very important to our country."

Lindell pointed to others who "got their Twitters back" as evidence that he deserved his own ban reversed. These reinstated accounts include former President Donald Trump, Juanita Broaddrick, who accused former President Bill Clinton of rape, and rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who was banned twice in recent months over anti-Semitic tweets. The MyPillow CEO claimed he has not heard from Twitter or Musk about his account.

"And if you're gonna have a platform of free speech now and without this cancel culture, you can't just say anybody that talked about machines can't be on it," Lindell said. He went on to say in a later statement to Business Insider that his messaging surrounding the election was evidence that he wants "to help save the USA from a communist takeover."

The businessman is a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump and has boosted claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, which has gotten him sued by voting machine companies along with his products banned in some states.