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Celerity

(43,516 posts)
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:05 AM Aug 2021

MyPillow Guy Loses It as CNN Reporter Tells Him: You Have 'Proof of Nothing'



https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lindell-loses-it-after-hes-told-he-has-proof-of-nothing



For a man who claims to have uncovered watertight evidence that the 2020 election was rigged, Mike Lindell sure gets defensive when his theories comes under any kind of questioning.

In his latest embarrassing TV appearance in front of the nation, the MyPillow CEO—who has relentlessly pushed the lie that Donald Trump didn’t lose the election—made a fool of himself trying to defend his theories to CNN’s Drew Griffin.

Lindell presented some meaningless screenshots that he wrongly claimed showed that Chinese hackers switched Trump votes to Biden, but his “evidence” was ridiculed when CNN asked experts to take a look. “We sent this to our own experts,” said Griffin. “He said it doesn’t show any specific actions of any kind, election-related or not, and he said it’s proof of nothing.”

Lindell snapped back: “Oh, so he said it’s nothing, huh? Well he’s wrong, you didn’t hire a cyber expert.” Later in the interview, Lindell lost his temper, shouting at Griffin: “You’re lying!... I’m not wrong! I’ve checked it out! I’ve spent millions! You need to trust me!”




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MyPillow Guy Loses It as CNN Reporter Tells Him: You Have 'Proof of Nothing' (Original Post) Celerity Aug 2021 OP
I really wonder if we're not seeing the long term brain damage from his crack addiction Siwsan Aug 2021 #1
Nope. He's nuts with or without the dope. Iggo Aug 2021 #18
A personality disorder that sells pillows. jaxexpat Aug 2021 #24
As the saying goes... Iggo Aug 2021 #35
I think you're right. Treefrog Aug 2021 #42
"You need to trust me." Maybe if I was looking to score some crack. He obviously has a line on brewens Aug 2021 #2
"You need to trust me.", the thing someone you should not trust, says. marble falls Aug 2021 #21
Dumbfuck Aviation Pro Aug 2021 #3
No matter what, he is stuck in his delusion SledDriver Aug 2021 #4
I'd say he's paid millions to his Coke dealer. His mouth movements are a dead giveaway Walleye Aug 2021 #5
"I've spent millions!" area51 Aug 2021 #6
Probably Not His Money ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #41
The guy is wired...probably Coke. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #7
If China had indeed found the ability to change votes in, as Mein Pillow guys states... SKKY Aug 2021 #8
CNN demeans itself every time it gives this delusional man airtime. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2021 #9
I am not so sure of that. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #45
How many live CNN viewers aren't already aware he's delusional, though? 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2021 #46
Other networks pick up and use their footage like ABC, CBS & NBC. Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #47
Sucks for Mike when even the Gateway Pundit debunks his nonsense. BusterMove Aug 2021 #10
I really look forward to this asshole bluestarone Aug 2021 #11
He'll either be in a mental institution or dead by suicide in a year or two Roland99 Aug 2021 #12
It's all a marketing game to him bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #13
"I've spent millions! You need to trust me!" packman Aug 2021 #14
CNN sent his shit to Nine Experts malaise Aug 2021 #15
Mike, present your experts. keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #23
The are double plus super secret, lolol, Q level clearance Celerity Aug 2021 #31
FUCKING DELUTIONAL PILLOW TURD. AZ8theist Aug 2021 #16
dude needs to stay in his line. newsmax, oann, and his own "network" Takket Aug 2021 #17
It is actually good that he strays out of the bubble. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #34
n/m Totally Tunsie Aug 2021 #19
Drew Griffin does such a great job in situations like this. He's relatively soft spoken, polite... George II Aug 2021 #20
And why is CNN giving this insane mf airtime? harumph Aug 2021 #22
Thats the only part that scares me ScratchCat Aug 2021 #26
Gotta shine a light on crazy every now and then. Iggo Aug 2021 #36
Voting tabulators hacked remotely, California wildfires, Jewish space lasers. BobTheSubgenius Aug 2021 #25
It's a conspiracy I tells ya underpants Aug 2021 #28
OMG BobTheSubgenius Aug 2021 #33
Some standup comic years ago said we exist because the world needed plastic. Iggo Aug 2021 #37
That's a pretty good line. BobTheSubgenius Aug 2021 #49
Does Donald have anything to do with Mike anymore? keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #27
Pima County. . .here in Arizona? Lindell said the Chinese hacked my county, Pima County? AZLD4Candidate Aug 2021 #29
MyPillow Guy Loses It as CNN Reporter Tells Him: You Have 'Proof of Nothing' FelineOverlord Aug 2021 #30
instead of cutting lines w/ his TrumpCard, Lindell just dumped it on the ground & dove in face first Celerity Aug 2021 #32
What are the odds that Lindell's "evidence" fits hand and glove with "evidence" from the ... Jim__ Aug 2021 #38
In Pillow Guy's world... Darkstar53142 Aug 2021 #39
Ha! Ha! Ha! That last pic! 😆 nt Baked Potato Aug 2021 #40
This guy is just completely off his rocker. Aside from the nonsense he continues to emit, Vinca Aug 2021 #43
This guy so wants tfg to like him. Treefrog Aug 2021 #44
Another good result from this election is the vast reduction in his stupid ads on TV. progressoid Aug 2021 #48
If he had real proof, Trump would be all over it. patricia92243 Aug 2021 #50
W T F live love laugh Aug 2021 #51

Siwsan

(26,291 posts)
1. I really wonder if we're not seeing the long term brain damage from his crack addiction
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:14 AM
Aug 2021

I can't, for the life of me, understand how the Mike Lindell we are seeing, now, could ever have built and ran his, one time, very successful company.

It would be interesting to hear from people who have known him, over the years.

Personally, I don't think I would interview him unless I had a taser, right at hand. He looks and acts like he's within nano-seconds of have a total psychotic break. IMHO, of course.

jaxexpat

(6,849 posts)
24. A personality disorder that sells pillows.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 11:15 AM
Aug 2021

Though, his past self-medicating probably says much about his behavior before and after crack.

brewens

(13,621 posts)
2. "You need to trust me." Maybe if I was looking to score some crack. He obviously has a line on
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:14 AM
Aug 2021

the good shit.

Aviation Pro

(12,187 posts)
3. Dumbfuck
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:15 AM
Aug 2021

Like the three dumbfucks sitting across from me airing their fucking grievances. I switched my seat so my back isn’t to the threat.

area51

(11,920 posts)
6. "I've spent millions!"
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:22 AM
Aug 2021

A fool and his money are soon parted.

I really wish someone could do a psychiatric evaluation of him.

ProfessorGAC

(65,179 posts)
41. Probably Not His Money
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:03 PM
Aug 2021

First, he has nowhere close to what he claims to have. (He lies by a factor of at least 12.)
Second, his company is hemorrhaging cash right now, and that 84% of total value creates some serious cash demand. Revenues down (by his own admission, 1/3rd) and expenses static? Cash flow crunch, defined.
Someone else might be providing the cash. I think it's clear he has doesn't have money to waste.

SKKY

(11,822 posts)
8. If China had indeed found the ability to change votes in, as Mein Pillow guys states...
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:29 AM
Aug 2021

...in every state, I can guarantee you there would be way, way more than 1.2 Billions lines of data. I get more lines than that if I run Wire Shark on my home network for a week. I'd bet my CISSP on it.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
45. I am not so sure of that.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:34 PM
Aug 2021

Framing is important.

This man is one of the chief remaining surrogates for Trump and his irrational "rigged election" claims. He goes on right wing networks and spews his non-sense. It then gets shown in clips on CNN or MSNBC where they critique it, but the garbage is still there. Doing it live on CNN and getting fact checked an put into context right then and there shows how foolish he is. He tries to steamroll with his delusional convictions but he got stopped in his tracks and resorted to "Nananana I can't hear you". People who watch CNN, which are more likely to be average consumers of news, will have seen how stupid he looked.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,048 posts)
46. How many live CNN viewers aren't already aware he's delusional, though?
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:56 PM
Aug 2021

If CNN as a network really cared about fact-checking, bullshit-spewing Rick Santorum wouldn't have been a paid commentator for so long.

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
47. Other networks pick up and use their footage like ABC, CBS & NBC.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 02:05 PM
Aug 2021

I've seen CNN footage on MSNBC.

The big three still reach millions of seniors every day with evening and morning news.


BusterMove

(11,996 posts)
10. Sucks for Mike when even the Gateway Pundit debunks his nonsense.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:37 AM
Aug 2021

"we do not have any tangible, verifiable evidence showing votes being switched via a command or intervention from a foreign server. "

bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
13. It's all a marketing game to him
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:23 AM
Aug 2021

This is the kind of guy who could sell shit. Literally. To millions. And he is.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
14. "I've spent millions! You need to trust me!"
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:23 AM
Aug 2021

Of course I trust you. I trust anyone who spends millions.

Takket

(21,626 posts)
17. dude needs to stay in his line. newsmax, oann, and his own "network"
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:33 AM
Aug 2021

can't come on cnn and expect it to go well

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
34. It is actually good that he strays out of the bubble.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 12:36 PM
Aug 2021

He is so confident in his delusion that he thinks that he can present information to less completely partisan audiences. I think it is good for him to keep going. It shows that Trump's argument is being carried by people who have completely lost touch with reality.

When your strongest ally is a crack smoking pillow sales man parading up and down, getting debunked by actual experts, then you are on a path to humiliation.

Notice how no Republican politicians seem to go on CNN or other less biased news networks? They know that it won't go well. They are aware enough to the fact that they are peddling bullshit to stay away from networks where they will be questioned and fact checked.

George II

(67,782 posts)
20. Drew Griffin does such a great job in situations like this. He's relatively soft spoken, polite...
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:46 AM
Aug 2021

...but never backs off. I can imagine someone being interviewed like that, ripped to shreds (like he did Lindell) and coming out of it thinking "damn, I did great!"

ScratchCat

(2,002 posts)
26. Thats the only part that scares me
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 11:22 AM
Aug 2021

They know what they are doing. They know that by covering something they lend credence to it. Over the past 5 +/- years, the MSM has acted incredibly irresponsible in this arena, i.e. giving legitimacy to nonsense by covering it. Its the exact reason Trump won the GOP nomination and the election. Now, people potentially inclined to believe this nonsense sees a "the libs at a fake news channel" attacking the My Pillow guy. Again, they know what they are doing.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,567 posts)
25. Voting tabulators hacked remotely, California wildfires, Jewish space lasers.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 11:16 AM
Aug 2021

Why is no one talking about this???

Iggo

(47,566 posts)
37. Some standup comic years ago said we exist because the world needed plastic.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 12:43 PM
Aug 2021

I’m sticking with that.

keithbvadu2

(36,912 posts)
27. Does Donald have anything to do with Mike anymore?
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 11:25 AM
Aug 2021

Does Donald have anything to do with Mike anymore?

Any contact?

Jim__

(14,083 posts)
38. What are the odds that Lindell's "evidence" fits hand and glove with "evidence" from the ...
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 12:50 PM
Aug 2021

... Arizona audit. That would create a lot of noise on the right.

Darkstar53142

(71 posts)
39. In Pillow Guy's world...
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 12:59 PM
Aug 2021

China was able to hack into machines that weren't connected to the internet.

The cognitive dissonance would be laughable if so many didn't believe him.

Vinca

(50,304 posts)
43. This guy is just completely off his rocker. Aside from the nonsense he continues to emit,
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:30 PM
Aug 2021

can you imagine any sane human being voluntarily spending millions of dollars of their own money for the benefit of a pussy-grabbing egomaniac? Is there anyone in his family who is sane enough to step in and encourage him to "take a vacation at the nice hospital?"

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