My Pillow’s Mike Lindell (screengrab)
When President Donald Trump took the podium to deliver his daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, one of the businessmen pledging to help make masks was an unusual choice: Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of My Pillow.
It is unclear why Lindell, a frequent Fox News advertiser and Trump supporter who has faced a series of lawsuits over deceptive marketing and unsupported health claims for his product, would be a key fighter in the epidemic — and commenters on social media promptly weighed in.
So my Tiger King binge was interrupted by a text saying the CEO of MyPillow is now part of the presidential briefi… https://t.co/99cJb7btab— Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷) (@Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)) 1585605286.0
Well, imagine my relief that the My Pillow guy is on the job— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1585603799.0
Trump has the MyPillow guy in a pandemic press conference and that is a sentence that proves we are in the most asi… https://t.co/PshQpA5x0B— Chuck Wendig (@Chuck Wendig) 1585605302.0
Two days ago, I tweeted this. Right now, Trump has the My Pillow guy speaking in the Rose Garden. https://t.co/tGYtidILaM— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1585603880.0
And now the My Pillow guy is urging us all to return to God and read our Bibles at home, as we realize how amazing… https://t.co/lekxr2Bl3B— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1585603967.0
Now Trump is having the My Pillow guy speak. This is absurd. #StopAiringTrump— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1585603974.0
Trump just had the My Pillow guy speak. The My Pillow Guy. These aren't press conferences to calm the American pe… https://t.co/UPkjW746SD— St. Nick Jack Pappas (@St. Nick Jack Pappas) 1585604126.0
Once the Trump-aligned My Pillow guy came on to give a free infomercial from the Rose Garden, CNN cuts away-- good… https://t.co/0oBisF3Ha4— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1585604486.0
