Social media explodes with reactions to Mike Lindell’s off-the-rails CNN interview
Nine months have passed since now-President Joe Biden decisively defeated former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, and Trumpistas continue to make the false, totally debunked claim that the election was stolen from Trump — including far-right MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. During an interview with CNN's Drew Griffin aired on Thursday, August 5, Lindell peddled nonsense conspiracy theories and claimed to have "100%" proof that the government in the People's Republic of China hacked the 2020 election and switched votes from Trump to Biden. But Griffin fact-checked Lindell, explaining why technologically, his bogus claims weren't even possible.
MyPillow's CEO keeps pushing false claims about the 2020 election.\n\n"No matter who says there was no widespread fraud in the election... Mike Lindell's conclusion is the same -- they are all wrong," reports @DrewGriffinCNN.pic.twitter.com/NDHZY0BqL6— Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0 (@Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0) 1628211182
Griffin told Lindell, "I don't think you really understand how votes are cast, collected and tabulated in the country." But Lindell, who is being sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems because of his false claims, only doubled down on his nonsense during the interview no matter how much Griffin refuted what he had to say.
That CNN interview has inspired a lot of reactions. Mediaite noted how thoroughly Griffin debunked Lindell's claims:
WATCH: CNN\u2019s Drew Griffin Eviscerates Mike Lindell\u2019s Election Conspiracies, Lindell Offers to Hug Him Then Calls Him a Liarhttps://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-cnns-drew-griffin-eviscerates-mike-lindells-election-conspiracies-lindell-offers-to-hug-him-then-calls-him-a-liar/\u00a0\u2026— Mediaite (@Mediaite) 1628214646
Here are some of the other reactions that have appeared on Twitter:
Unfortunately there are people that believe this guy. Fortunately, Dominion will take all his money and he will have only his pillow. His lies will be the end of him, hopefully.— Dianne Callahan (@Dianne Callahan) 1628220701
He\u2019s horrible to even watch! His abusive over talking , yelling and determined gaslighting is absolutely repugnant! Kudos to anyone that can keep it together while in his physical presence while doing an interview! I sure couldn\u2019t do it!— Tee Holland \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Tee Holland \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1628212003
I hope I\u2019m wrong, but I think he\u2019s past the point of listening.\n\nIt\u2019s difficult to watch someone head down a path from which they might not escape, whether I agree with their opinions or not.— Chris C. Kelly (@Chris C. Kelly) 1628251359
Raise your hand if you think The Pillow Guy is bat shit loco.— Gary Becker@AMADEUS. (@Gary Becker@AMADEUS.) 1628214962
I figured it out, it\u2019s a marketing campaign! A giant set up! He\u2019s baiting the media and everyone watching, to get someone, when the stage is huge, to ask, \u201cHey batshit crazy Mike\u2026How do you sleep at night?!?\u201d\n\n\u2026And that will be the moment he pulls out the F\u2019n pillow— Patrick Utroska (@Patrick Utroska) 1628214265
Never underestimate the power of alternative facts. Just ask the millions of participants in the biggest inauguration event ever in 2017.— Stefan Schlueter (@Stefan Schlueter) 1628241726
Lindell needs serious psychological help. Someone in his family needs to step up.— Katy Cinders (@Katy Cinders) 1628222088
Drew, amazing amount of self control in the face of nonsense and hostility.— ferret magis (@ferret magis) 1628223968
why does the interviewer treat him like he's simply incorrect?\n\nhe's just lying\n\nwe know that. he knows that we know. stop dancing around it\n\njust ask why he's spreading obvious lies\n\nask how his pillow sales are tied into this\n\nask why he appears to be drunk/on drugs— Bob K \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bob K \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1628235121
It\u2019s enough that @FoxNews and every other right wing media outlet propagates the big lie, we don\u2019t need to give seditionists more opportunities. Keep Lindell of the air long enough for the rest of us to move on from this propaganda.— Gary Sanchez (@Gary Sanchez) 1628212905
pic.twitter.com/XkJqba1rTA— Pat Oslon (@Pat Oslon) 1628214745
