March 14, 2021
MyPillow mogul Mike Lindell plans to take his defense of free speech to a new level by launching his own social media site that he says will not censor differing viewpoints.
Lindell himself has faced erasure from the giant social media platforms Twitter and YouTube for his research and conclusions that the 2020 election was fraught with fraud and voter manipulation. He is in good company on that issue. An Economist/YouGov poll in November showed 75% of registered voters agreed with him, and 2 in 5 believed enough fraud took place to change the election results. A Quinnipiac Poll in December showed 77% of Republicans believe there was widespread fraud in the presidential election. But Big Tech can’t seem to abide those contrarian views.
Business Insider reports Lindell was barred from Twitter in January, and in February both YouTube and Vimeo pulled down his two-hour film called “Absolute Proof” that he’d made about the election. The film highlighted the analyses of computer science experts and logicians on how various states manipulated votes and undermined the integrity of the election. Lindell claims 140 million people viewed the film.
Because of his views on the election, leftists have succeeded in getting his products canceled from 22 outlets to date, including Bed, Bath, & Beyond, Kohl’s, Kroger’s, and BJ’s. Lindell told Business Insider it’s cost his business $65 million.
