Trump’s rising pillow salesman Mike Lindell took a turn at Fox News this week and complained that the Conservative network – which basically reproduces its MyPillow commercials – does not provide him with a platform to control his conspiracies without base of voting machines. Fox could be “in” a conspiracy against MAGA bosses, Lindell ultimately suggested.
The pillow mogul, who has become the face of a dead end for the MAGA coalition that is still trying to undo President Joe Biden’s election victory, appeared on the radio program Eric Metaxas, an expert on extremism, on Monday. right, to discuss his continued efforts to prove the lie that The 2020 election was “stolen” from Donald Trump. Lindell also discussed his intense attempts to create a new social networking site (he was ripped off from Twitter and other platforms earlier this year for repeatedly pushing for vote misinformation).
After boasting that his new platform would automatically give so-called influencers “millions” of followers when they join, especially if they’ve been kicked out of YouTube for making false claims, Lindell complained about Fox News allegedly to software companies. Dominion and Smartmatic vote following $ 1 billion legal complaints.
“Lawsuits can be used as a way to silence people,” Metaxas noted in moment first marked by salon staff writer Zachary Petrizzo. “They can be legitimate. But they can also be used as a way to silence people. And I’ve noticed that Fox and other people, instead of tackling the thing, just say, We will not talk about it, we do not want to be sued. That’s what’s happening in America. “
Last month, Smartmatic filed a $ 2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, three hosts (including Lou Dobbs, recently canceled) and former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, saying they all aired false information that the company fixed the 2020 election. Dominion, another voting machine company at the center of discredited election conspiracies, has sued Lindell himself for $ 1.3 billion.
“I mean one thing here: there are things that don’t make sense here,” a lively Lindell replied. “Let’s just talk about Fox! It is already in demand. It’s too late to close the door, the cows are already out of the barn! ”
Maven MAGA continued, “Why can’t people go on there and say their freedom of speech ?! It’s already sued, Fox. What do you have, they’ll sue you twice? What’s your problem?”
Increasingly agitated, Lindell expressed anger and frustration over the network before finally asking, “What’s up? I don’t get it. Is it a false claim?”
It should be noted that Lindell’s advertisements are by far the most important advertisers Tucker Carlson tonight, Fox’s most-watched program. As host Tucker Carlson has chased the controversy over the past two years, the vast majority of network advertisers have left the show early, leaving mostly MyPillow ads, Fox News promotions and direct marketers.
While it remains to be seen whether Fox News will react in any way to one of its biggest sponsors calling directly on the network, Lindell has been able to force a right-wing exit to crack down to keep him from being heard crazy conspiracies in the air.
After Newsmax presenter Bob Sellers repeatedly interrupted Lindell during an interview before literally stepping off the set when the founder of MyPillow kept talking about voting machines, Sellers apologized to “network friend” Lindell, all assuring viewers that the pillow mogul would “continue to be an important guest on Newsmax.”