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MyPillow CEO tears into 'evil media' for mocking his appearance at White House press briefing

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Here we go again....*sigh*
A conservative steps up to assist people in the time of need by converting his companies into making urgently needed medical supplies such as N95 masks to keep the folks on the front lines safe, and the left can't help themselves and attack them instead of showing support for those trying to actually provide help.
Thank God for all the leftist sitting on their thumbs at home tweeting their hate and vitriol instead of using that energy to do something constructive that would help their fellow citizens in this horrible time we are all living through. I feel safer already after reading all the hate. That will show the coronavirus. /s
I guess being hateful is easier than actually doing good.

Maybe, just maybe, instead of attacking those trying to put an end to this pandemic, the democrats/leftist can put away their anger and hatred for a little while in order for us all to come together in this cause. (I know I might be asking too much from those who never help anybody but themselves.)



Source - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...-his-appearance-at-white-house-press-briefing

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell hit back at members of the media who criticized him for remarks about his company donating medical face masks during a White House press briefing, accusing them of attacking him because he believes in God.

"God gave us grace on Nov. 8, 2016, to change the course we were on," Lindell said during Monday's briefing in the Rose Garden. "God had been taken out of our schools and lives. A nation had turned its back on God. And I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible and spend time with our families."

Some members of the media and political pundits slammed his remarks, saying they were coming from someone unqualified to speak at an official White House press conference.

Here are some of the tweets given as examples:
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julie k. brown @jkbjournalist


The "My Pillow Guy" was at the Corona Virus briefing today? Boy oh boy, do we need SNL this Saturday. If this had been a SNL skit we would have thought it was fake, right? You can't make this shit up. Who is going to play the "my pillow guy" ? @nbcsnl @ABFalecbaldwin @AlecBaldwin https://twitter.com/LewisForMN/status/1244752164951674881 …



Jason Lewis @LewisForMN
Mike Lindell, founder of My Pillow answered the call, and converted 75% of his manufacturing capacity to make 50k N95 masks a day.

Yet the left wing media & blue checkmarks are outraged he mentioned God?

Give it a rest! Thank you @realMikeLindell!


Mika Brzezinski @morningmika


Is that the my pillow guy??Do I need to turn the volume up. I was waiting for the doctors


Secular Talk @KyleKulinski


We have dead bodies piling up in refrigerated trucks in Queens because the morgues are overflowing and the ‘my pillow’ guy is saying god gave us Trump at the covid press conference.

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Lindell announced Monday he hoped to have his company producing 50,000 medical face masks a day to distribute around the country by the end of the week.

"This isn't a political thing," Lindell said Tuesday on Fox Business. "We've gotta get back to God and pray. ... I'm so thankful everybody from all walks of life and all sides of the political aisle did get behind it against this, this evil media that's out there. ... I don't even know why they do that. I can't explain it. I don't know Jim Acosta. I've never met him before."

Acosta, a CNN reporter, suggested Lindell's appearance during the press conference was a shameless act of self-promotion for his business.

"These briefings could be better designed," Acosta said after the briefing. "President Trump could come out, say a few words, not have these PR stunts like Mr. Pillow coming out and getting a plug for his company, and let us hear more from Dr. [Deborah] Birx and Dr. [Anthony] Fauci."

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Porter Anderson @Porter_Anderson


Media: @Acosta in a recap with @wolfblitzer: "These briefings could be better designed. @realDonaldTrump could come out, say a few words – not have these PR stunts like Mr. Pillow coming out and getting a plug for his company – and let us hear more from Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci."
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Trump and Acosta sparred separately on Monday after Acosta accused Trump of downplaying the danger of the coronavirus. Trump dismissed the remarks for what he called Acosta's "nasty, snarky" question.

Lindell, who is a personal friend of Trump's, said his company was founded on the idea of "bringing God to people."

He said he had dedicated 75% of his call center to the federal government's coronavirus relief efforts.

"My employees, they're working diligently, they're working hard right now," he said. "I want to get this country back just like the president does."
 
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I don't personally believe the bible is accurate but at the same time I don't get offended one bit if someone praises God or the bible. I respect people's right to decide, unlike the Liberal media. The guy is making 50,000 masks a day instead of making pillows. He should be commended for that. Who cares if he believes in the bible.
 

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Several other companies are doing the same. The only reason this guy in particular was brought to the White House was so he could suck Trump's dick on camera. And the whole "we're not praying enough" thing was completely asinine. Now is the time for the federal government to be getting shit done, not begging their imaginary friends for help. Not to mention we're still meant to have separation of church and state in this country, but conservatives never miss an opportunity to trample all over that right.
 

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I don't personally believe the bible is accurate but at the same time I don't get offended one bit if someone praises God or the bible. I respect people's right to decide, unlike the Liberal media.

I don't have a problem with anybody's beliefs. I don't have a problem with him praising God, but he was praising Trump as if Trump himself was a gift to us from God. It was utterly ridiculous, probably the cringiest moment I've ever seen come out of the White House.
 
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The only reason this guy in particular was brought to the White House was so he could suck Trump's dick on camera.
. Now, now, xzi, don't be jealous. Try doing something to help the country other than spreading your hateful rhetoric on here, and you might get a chance to deep throat Trump, too.
Regardless if you "believe in a higher power" or not, the problem is that the intolerant left can't be happy that somebody with a different viewpoint is doing something positive for them and everyone else.
 
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Wow. I was walking by the TV when that happened and I thought I heard mypillow, but I was like, nooo...why would the pillow commercial guy be at the white house? During a press briefing? Certainly I must have misheard someone's name, like Mike Hillow, or something. But no, the pillow guy WAS there. Whaddya know.

I mean, he didn't need to be there grandstanding that we're turning our backs on God imo, and it comes off as a little weird, but yikes, everyone's basic reaction to something these days is to be needlessly mean. His comments are...a little cringey, but the guy is making masks to help others. We don't need every stuck-up Twitter checkmark harshing the dude. Can't we just be happy companies are trying to help out, even including the little pillow company?
 

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Regardless if you "believe in a higher power" or not, the problem is that the intolerant left can't be happy that somebody with a different viewpoint is doing something positive for them and everyone else.
The issue isn't that he's trying to do something positive. It's that he expects praise to be heaped on him individually for sitting at home while his employees do all the real work, and he's exploiting a crisis for free advertisement. Narcissism in helpful to nobody in a situation like this.
 

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The issue isn't that he's trying to do something positive. It's that he expects praise to be heaped on him individually for sitting at home while his employees do all the real work, and he's exploiting a crisis for free advertisement. Narcissism in helpful to nobody in a situation like this.
Hmmm, you must not have read the article or the hateful tweets. It was because he is "the pillow guy", believes in God, a conservative, and a Trump supporter that attracted so much ire towards him.
If this was a democrat who praised Allah under Obama, then the leftstream media would be blowing him while you would claim he was "so brave and selfless".
 
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@Xzi That's silly on many levels he converted 75% of his work force to making masks a company that does this type of thing should be noted not ridiculed hmm "exploiting" pfft ...

also what are you expecting him to do he's not a medical professional he can't just go down to infected areas and help . . . he's a regular man with more than regular money so he spends his money so that other people can help I mean it's not rocket science bro
 

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Hmmm, you must not have read the article or the hateful tweets. It was because he is "the pillow guy", believes in God, a conservative, and a Trump supporter that attracted so much ire towards him.
If this was a democrat who praised Allah under Obama, then the leftstream media would be blowing him while you would claim he was "so brave and selfless".
Like I said, plenty of other companies have converted their manufacturing to medical supplies and equipment. Difference is, I have no clue whether those companies consider themselves conservative or liberal, because they don't feel the need to bloviate and feed their egos in front of the White House. Their actions speak louder than words.
 

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Like I said, plenty of other companies have converted their manufacturing to medical supplies and equipment. Difference is, I have no clue whether those companies consider themselves conservative or liberal, because they don't feel the need to bloviate and feed their egos in front of the White House. Their actions speak louder than words.

You assume this because he believes in the bible? I don't think he said "I'm a conservative"

He was an addict who leans on the bible to stay clean.
 

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He pretty much gave a campaign stump speech for Trump, I don't need to assume anything. The religious nonsense also annoys me, but for an entirely different set of reasons.

Trump was a democrat on multiple occasions in the past. He was looked very highly among the black community in New York and all over until of course, he became the evil "republican". If he was a democrat still you'd be slobbering his knob right now. There is more to a person than their political alignment stop worshipping what CNN tells you to.

I personally think Trump is an asshole but that's good we don't need a weak leader like Hilary or Biden some country might consider us vulnerable right now and bomb the shit out of us.

BTW you may as well get comfy Biden has no chance in November. He's been pathetic in interviews he acts like his next home should be a nursing home not the white house.
 
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Trump was a democrat on multiple occasions in the past. He was looked very highly among the black community in New York and all over until of course, he became the evil "republican". If he was a democrat still you'd be slobbering his knob right now. There is more to a person than their political alignment stop worshipping what CNN tells you to.
There's no chance that Obama would've brought the CEO of some random corporation to the White House for free advertisement and to campaign for the Democrats during a freakin' pandemic. I can say that with 100% confidence because the Obama administration did have to deal with Ebola, and their response was nowhere near this ass-backwards. Of course, I'd trust any previous Republican president to handle this crisis far better than Trump too, so it's worth taking a minute to consider just how far we've departed from "normal" in the last few years.
 
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Explain how far we've come from normal? What I saw was the best economy this country as ever seen. I guess that is abnormal.
 

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There's no chance that Obama would've brought the CEO of some random corporation to the White House for free advertisement and to campaign for the Democrats during a freakin' pandemic.
No, Obama would just ignore the pandemic and let thousands die while golfing and having parties at the white house with his friends Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Common.
 
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No, Obama would just ignore the pandemic and let thousands die while golfing and having parties at the white house with his friends Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Common.

Then we'd get New York Times articles like "do we really need the elderly?"
 

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No, Obama would just ignore the pandemic and let thousands die while golfing and having parties at the white house with his friends Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Common.
Convenient that you ignored the rest of my comment, especially the part about Ebola. The Obama administration was tested and passed with flying colors, which is why there was never any "crisis" in the US as a result of Ebola. The Trump administration's response to COVID-19 was at least a month late right from the beginning, and we were lied to repeatedly about how the virus would "just disappear one day." Dealing with infectious viruses and diseases isn't inherently an issue of politics, it's simply a matter of being competent and having a basic understanding of science. Unfortunately neither of those things can be taken for granted where our current leadership is concerned.
 

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Convenient that you ignored the rest of my comment, especially the part about Ebola. The Obama administration was tested and passed with flying colors, which is why there was never any "crisis" in the US as a result of Ebola. The Trump administration's response to COVID-19 was at least a month late right from the beginning, and we were lied to repeatedly about how the virus would "just disappear one day." Dealing with infectious viruses and diseases isn't inherently an issue of politics, it's simply a matter of being competent and having a basic understanding of science. Unfortunately neither of those things can be taken for granted where our current leadership is concerned.
Convenient that you forgot about SARS, H1N1, and zika. All pandemics during his admin that he treated as non-issues during their beginnings.

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The Trump administration's response to COVID-19 was at least a month late right from the beginning, and we were lied to repeatedly about how the virus would "just disappear one day."
Trump started his response with the travel ban from China in January. What was he supposed to do without any more information? Even the health experts praise his quick response to the info he did have which may have saved thousands of lives. It was the Dems such as pelosi and deblasio that caused a lot of harm by telling everyone to ignoe Trump and continue to frolick around to further spread the virus.
Plus, you lefties love to interpret Trump's words in ways that only fit your agendas. Just because the virus is still around doesn't mean it still won't just "disappear one day". The future is still ahead of us (mainly because the Dems aren't in charge).
 

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Well we know for a fact if Biden was president right now he wouldn't have acted as fast as Trump. This is your guy you're hoping to save you from "Evil Trump"

Biden Called Trump’s Chinese Coronavirus Travel Ban ‘Xenophobia’

Biden claimed Trump was doing too much to combat the virus before claiming that he's not doing enough.


This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia, hysterical xenophobia, to uh, and fear mongering,” Biden continued
 
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