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MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after losing retailers (www.startribune.com)

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CEO Mike Lindell says annual sales fell $100 million after several big-box retailers cut ties following his election claims.

"It was a massive, massive cancellation," Lindell said in a phone interview Monday. "We lost $100 million from attacks by the box stores, the shopping networks, the shopping channels, all of them did cancel culture on us."

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[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"We lost $100 million from attacks by the box stores, the shopping networks, the shopping channels, all of them did cancel culture on us."

Funny how when people show them the door for being lying antidemocratic assholes, that's "cancel culture." Meanwhile the right seems quite happy to exclude people from public life, refuse services to groups they don't like, make it easy for bosses to fire employees for unionizing or speaking out, and right wing media is quite fond of cutting mics or banning people when they disagree. They are quire happy to perform their own boycotts because they hate trans people and companies that don't. For some reason they don't call any of that 'cancel culture.'

Mike, people just don't want to support you and don't want you around because you're a dangerous, disingenuous, fascism advocate. Our nation would have been better off if he had remained a crackhead and never participated in promoting and amplifying Trump's lies.

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And no Democratic/left politician had to write any laws to disrupt the lying bastard. It's the capitalism they love so much.

Typical "conservative" crybabies. Love to block people from doing legal things while simultaneously crying if people exercise their free speech and don't give them money.

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

If you're looking for equipment on the cheap: https://www.k-bid.com/auction/49530?&page=1

[–] Transportist@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago

@DarkGamer you hate to see it

[–] st3ph3n@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

LOL LOL LOL

[–] Ofsevit@better.boston 1 points 2 years ago

@DarkGamer what a shame

[–] acronymesis@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The schadenfreude from election deniers suffering the consequences of their own actions sustains me. 😌

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The schadenfreude from election deniers suffering the consequences of their own actions sustains me. 😌

Agreed. It feels a lot like watching Indiana Jones beat up Nazis, except Trump supporters' wounds are self-inflicted. I'm glad there are consequences for this, for a while there it seemed like we were rewarding the worst actors. Sadly, lying, narcissistic, boorish louts remain popular on the right.

[–] Bipta@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Raiders of the Lost Ark the Nazis got themselves too.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Now I'm picturing Mike Liddell's face melting. Nice. XD

[–] btaf45@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminder that Steven Bannon frankly confessed Trump's Start the Steal conspiracy plans to a group of Trump insiders before the election.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112138665/jan-6-committee-hearing-transcript

…audio from Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, surfaced from October 31st, 2020, just a few days before the Presidential election.

Let’s listen. [Begin Videotape]

STEVE BANNON: And what Trump’s going to do is declare victory, right? He’s going to declare victory, but that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner. The Democrats — more of our people vote early that count. Theirs vote in mail. And so they’re going to have a natural disadvantage and Trump’s going to take advantage — that’s our strategy.

He’s gonna declare himself a winner. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s going to be a firestorm. Also — also if Trump is — if Trump is losing by 10 or 11:00 at night, it’s going to be even crazier. Because he’s gonna sit right there and say they stole it. If Biden’s wining, Trump is going to do some crazy shit.

[–] MikeRosoft@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bernie Sanders has predicted the same thing months before the election. Of course, conspiracy theorists have taken this as evidence of a plot to steal the election.

[–] btaf45@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

With Steve Bannon's confession, Treason Trump's plot to steal the election is not a theory it is a plain and simple fact.