'He made his bed. Now he’s gotta lie in it!': Trump-loving MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell sparks wave of memes as products are pulled from stores over his support of voter fraud theories
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has become the subject of a flurry of hilarious memes as he stands firm in his insistence that Joe Biden did not win the election, despite offering no proof.
Lindell called for a military coup following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, where he was pictured holding notes about martial law and the Insurrection Act.
At the meeting, Trump's informal adviser - a former crack addict-turned pillow company boss - presented the president with new baseless theories regarding so-called election fraud.
Yet even Trump was ‘disinterested’ and Lindell has found himself at the center of a new wave of online jokes, as companies also abandon his business because he refuses to give up the deluded claims.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has become the subject of a flurry of memes as he stands firm in his insistence that Joe Biden did not win the election. Many of the posts highlighted Lindell's pure devotion to Trump by replacing the pillow in his ads with the president
Some of the memes transformed Lindell into a Nazi in a fake 'Mein Pillow' ad
Lindell's calls for a coup were responded to with images of pillow fights
This Twitter user suggested that Lindell should rename his products 'MAGA CryPillow'
Some of the memes shared on Twitter accused Lindell of 'suffocating democracy'
Many have joked about Lindell’s pure devotion to trying to overturn the result and give Trump a second term, while also being critical of the president’s weight.
‘Where Mike Lindell gets his best pillow ideas,’ one meme states while showing the CEO gripping onto Trump on the golf course.
Lindell is positioned as he would be in one of his ads cozying up to a pillow, but instead he is up against Trump’s rear end in white pants.
Other versions of the meme show Lindell clinging onto Trump in tight white tennis shorts and another holding a shouting Trump, as it quips that he won’t be getting much sleep tonight.
A version shared by Instagram user idkitsjustmyopinion has Lindell clasping onto a pillow covered in what appears to be Trump’s fake tan.
Many of the memes cropped in Trump instead of a pillow, as pictured above
Some joked about Lindell's love of Trump as they also criticized the president's weight
One changed the pillow to one covered in what appeared to be Trump's fake tan
'Stuffed with white supremacy' one of the memes joked about My Pillow products
‘Mike Lindell here I am going to show you how to get the best sleep of your life before trying overthrow the American government,’ a Twitter user joked as she shared a copy of the ad
‘Mike Lindell here I am going to show you how to get the best sleep of your life before trying overthrow the American government,’ Twitter user Katie Jo jokes as she shared a copy of the infamous MyPillow ad.
‘When you’re literally in bed with the enemy ... 1 sheep 2 sheep, red hand zoomed sheet...’, wrote Instagram user 3kingstagram, referencing the documents Lindell was pictured holding as he visited Trump that could be zoomed in on and read, revealing his wild talking points for the president.
Others were harsher in their criticism, comparing Lindell to Hitler by adding a swastika to the pillow in his ads and rebranding it ‘Mein Pillow’.
Another claimed Mein Pillow was Lindell’s new book, referencing Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
‘All the stores are dumping Mike Lindell and I don’t feel the least bit bad about it. He made his bed. Now he’s gotta lie in it. Sorry. Couldn’t #resist,’ wrote Twitter user FakeJoeBiden as they shared the meme.
'For the fascist looking not just for comfort but for a way of life,' another added.
Others rebrand the company ‘MAGA CryPillow ™’ and claimed that they could be used for ‘smothering democracy’ and were ‘stuffed with white supremacy’ as they took further hits at Lindell’s politics.
Social media users were comparing Mike Lindell to Hilter and the Nazis
Several memes joked about Lindell’s calls for a ‘military coup’ as they shared pictures of pillow fights and people protecting themselves by taping pillows around themselves.
A popular comparison on social media is also between Lindell and the manager of WWE wrestler The Undertaker who was known for clutching onto an urn of ashes.
And Lindell’s recent headlines have highlighted his company’s ads for those who may previously not have paid them much attention.
‘It's nuts they couldn't overstuff one just for the ad. I swear I've never seen a limper, flimsier pillow,’ he added.
Yet others angrily claimed that there were other ways that Lindell could help America rather than continuing with his unfounded fraud claims.
They shared images of the thousands of members of the National Guard laying on the hard, cold floor of the Capitol visitor’s center late last week after they were deployed to protect the inauguration ceremony following the pro-Trump riot on January 6.
A popular comparison was between Lindell and manager of WWE Wrestler The Undertaker
Some Twitter users made more general jokes about the MyPillow ads
Some on social media called out Lindell for not supporting the National Guard instead
When he was pictured last week, Lindell was caught holding notes which reference martial law and Sidney Powell.
The CEO later confirmed to CNN that he had met with the outgoing president for around five minutes, and said he had tried to hand him what he described as ‘evidence’ of voter fraud.
When pressed on what the apparent evidence pertained to show, Lindell failed to substantiate any of his claims and instead just regurgitated the same baseless conspiracy theories spouted by Trump since the 2020 election concluded.
Trump appeared ‘disinterested’ in his notes, officials said, with the president quickly dismissing him and sending him to the White House Counsel’s office.
When asked by CNN whether he believes Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election, Lindell said no.
‘No, he didn’t win the election, because I’ve seen it,’ Lindell responded.
Apparently undeterred by Trump’s rejection late last week, Lindell said it’s his ‘hope’ that the president stages a military coup to stop Biden taking over the reins of power.
Lindell spoke about the meeting with Right Side Broadcasting, a conservative media outlet based in Alabama, in a Facebook interview Saturday and admitted he 'hopes' the heavy military presence in Washington DC is a sign Trump will use it to cling to power.
The interviewer said 'people are hoping that this military presence is a response' to election fraud.
'That’s where my hope lies,' Lindell responded.
However, by Monday, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl's and Wayfair had all stopped selling Lindell’s products on account of his continued support of the widely discredited conspiracy theories.
Further compounding the CEO's woes, earlier Monday Dominion Voting Systems sent Lindell a cease and desist letter, threatening 'imminently' sue him for defamation over his repeated baseless claims that their machines were 'rigged' to favor Biden over Trump in the 2020 election.
Lindell appeared at the White House on Friday holding notes referencing martial law and Insurrection Act. He claimed the notes were on behalf of an unnamed attorney he's been working with to 'prove' that Trump really won the presidential election
The notes mention 'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell, as well as other individuals
Citing Lindell to be a ‘prominent leader of the ongoing misinformation campaign’, the company wrote: ‘despite knowing your implausible attacks against Dominion have no basis in reality, you have participated in the vast and concerted misinformation campaign to slander Dominion.'
Lindell has been ordered to cease and desist making defamatory claims against Dominion, and to ‘preserve and retain all documents relating to Dominion and your smear campaign against the company.’
In a follow-up letter later published by the company, they wrote: 'With this letter, Dominion renews its demand that you retract your defamatory accusations immediately and issue a public apology for damaging Dominion’s reputation with completely fabricated claims of fraud and corruption.
'Dominion has been forced to expend substantial monetary sums to protect the health and safety of its employees following innumerable death threats from the social media mob that your statements have agitated against Dominion. And your misrepresentations have required the company to incur substantial attorneys’ fees and to mitigate the damage you have inflicted upon Dominion’s reputation.'
In a statement to Axios responding to the letters, Lindell said: 'I want Dominion to put up their lawsuit because we have 100% evidence that China and other countries used their machines to steal the election.'
Trump and several of his allies have routinely pushed false conspiracy theories about the company since the election's conclusion, leading Dominion to take legal action.
Dominion has also sent letters to others, including Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, both of whom are staunch Trump allies who have often pushed conspiracy theories about the integrity of the company’s voting machines.
