Twitter Bans MyPillow Account After Banned CEO Mike Lindell Used It To Tweet

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Twitter banned the MyPillow account Monday after its CEO, Trump-ally Mike Lindell, used it to evade his own ban from the platform, another consequence for the company becoming increasingly embroiled in Lindell’s public controversies. 

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Key Background

Lindell, a major Trump supporter and donor, first gained notoriety for pitching an untested extract called Oleandrin as a potential treatment for the coronavirus, despite having no medical background. Since then, he’s stayed in Trump’s orbit and was a major disseminator of the baseless conspiracy theory that the election was stolen from Trump with the help of Dominion Voting Systems. Lindell even met with Trump and White House lawyers during his last week as president, suggesting the administration replace CIA director Gina Haspell with Trump loyalist Kash Patel. Lindell was photographed outside the White House with documents referencing the possibility of invoking martial law or the Insurrection Act to keep Trump in office.

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 In addition to its Twitter suspension, MyPillow is facing a boycott from Wayfair, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s and H-E-B, all of which refuse to carry the company’s products.