MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, a vocal advocate of President Donald Trump’s false claims that the presidential election was rigged, says retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s are leaving their products.
Both companies confirmed the move, but pointed to the sales mark of their signature product instead of Lindell’s support to Mr.
“We’ve streamlined our assortment to stop producing a number of low-performing items and brands. This includes the MyPillow product line,” a Bed Bath & Beyond spokesman said in an email to CBS News.
“Demand for MyPillow customers has decreased,” Kohl’s said in an email to the Associated Press. “We will sell our current inventory and not buy additional / future inventory from the brand.”
Lindell has continued to promote false claims of electoral fraud since Trump’s defeat against President-elect Joe Biden in the November election, which led to a boycott on social media for retailers to abandon the brand.
Speaking to Right Side Broadcasting Network, best known for its live coverage of Trump rallies on its YouTube channel, Lindell said Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s were good companies, but intimidated by boycott demands.
“I told them you’ll come back whenever you want,” he said in a video posted on YouTube. “It’s not their fault they’re scared.”
Lindell said MyPillow products have also been sourced from the online furniture store Wayfair and the Texas HEB supermarket chain.
Wayfair and HEB did not immediately respond to requests for comment from CBS and the Associated Press.
Beyond losing business, Lindell faces possible Dominion Voting Systems litigation over his allegations, the company’s voting machines were involved in election fraud. Dominion threatened legal action in a letter to Lindell citing his “obviously false accusations.”