MyPillow CEO Spews Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories During Wild Newsmax Interview

Mike Lindell, a prominent Trump supporter, dove into the rant after one of the anchors questioned him about his permanent suspension on Twitter.

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Mike Lindell was shut down, once again.

During an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday, the MyPillow CEO and ardent Trump supporter was asked about his recent permanent suspension from Twitter. Lindell, who is known to spew baseless conspiracy theories, immediately began ranting about cancel culture and how he was being targeted for revealing "evidence" of election fraud.

"Well, first mine was taken down because we have all the election fraud with these Dominion machines. We have 100 percent proof, and then when they took it down —" Lindell said before anchor Bob Sellers cut him off.

"Mike, you're talking about machines, that we at Newsmax have not been able to verify any of those kinds of allegations," Sellers explained. "We just want to let people know that there's nothing substantive that we've seen."

The anchor then began reading Newsmax's statement on the voter fraud allegations propagated by former President Trump and his supporters: "While there were some clear evidence of some cases of voter fraud and election irregularities, the election results in every state were certified, and Newsmax accepts the results as legal and final," Sellers continued. "The courts have also supported that view."

Lindell has consistently claimed that Dominion's voting machines permitted fraud in the 2020 presidential election. His unfounded allegations prompted the company to threaten legal action against the disgraced executive—which probably explains why Sellers was so quick to fact-check during the interview.

But Lindell refused to let up. He continued to claim that Twitter was silencing him because he had proof that Trump was cheated out of a second term. After realizing Lindell wasn't going to stop, the visibly frustrated Sellers asked producers to cut the interview.

"OK, Mike, can I ask our producers, can we get out of here please?" Sellers said. "I don't want to keep going over this."

At that point, Sellers got up from his seat and walked off camera.

Newsmax invites Mike Lindell, who advocated for a coup and spews dangerous conspiracy theories, on air. It didn't go well. pic.twitter.com/6xzSgXlHua

— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) February 2, 2021

It was an insane moment that will, no doubt, provide more fodder for Saturday Night Live. The sketch series poked fun at Lindell during its Weekend Update segment over the weekend. And, we have to say, Beck Bennett's impression was pretty spot on.

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You can check out reactions to Lindell's Newsmax interview below.

"Can we get out of here please" should be the Newsmax slogan

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 2, 2021

Reminder: Dominion sued Newsmax.

And then Newsmax (the channel that's further right than Fox) took back and publicly corrected everything they ever said about Dominion.

With that in mind: Watch this. https://t.co/JMBQxOSTs3

— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) February 2, 2021

The anchor here sure gets extra firm with MyPillow guy... https://t.co/rKkQDMYt7n

— jim acosta (@Acosta) February 2, 2021

When you’re too nutty for Newsmax, the only place literally left is “random street corner with a sandwich board” https://t.co/QwSRTmdAea

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) February 2, 2021

Fantastic stuff here. Guy just believes everything he hears, ends up too crazy even for Newsmax. https://t.co/qIz9CiViuP

— jordan (@JordanUhl) February 2, 2021

Wow!

When you’ve lost NewsMax.

That reporter got up and walked out in the middle of the interview 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/oagYvsFM4L

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) February 2, 2021

Newsmax just canceled Mike Lindell, and it was everything I thought it would be.

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) February 2, 2021

As amazing as it is to watch Newsmax epically take down Mike Lindell (and it *is* amazing)....

Let's not forget that Newsmax played a key role in perpetuating the Big Lie that directly led to a deadly Domestic Terrorist Attack.

I hope Dominion sues them off into oblivion.

— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) February 2, 2021

Newsmax doesn’t want to get sued https://t.co/GX8HDCG8xi

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) February 2, 2021

The my pillow guy went on newsmax and it is the greatest segment I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/A2GK3e2oJp

— Secular Talk🎙 (@KyleKulinski) February 2, 2021

Congratulations to Dominion Voting Systems on acquiring MyPillow! https://t.co/pNhtCQ3zLY

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 2, 2021

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