'Defeated' Mike Lindell Ends 96-hour TV Marathon After Failing to Gain Support

[peppertree]

Source: Newsweek

Mike Lindell ended a 96-hour online marathon entitled, Thanks-a-thon, after failing to gain strong support for his Supreme Court case.

The MyPillow CEO has long been a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump and has continued to make baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged in favour of President Joe Biden and that he would file a lawsuit.

Despite providing no evidence for widespread election fraud, Lindell claimed he would have the support of multiple states' attorneys in general as he hoped to take this issue to the Supreme Court.

The 60-year-old claimed he would have this support by Thanksgiving, a deadline he set himself, but he did not receive it and the lawsuit was not filed.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-marathon-end-thanks-thon-donald-trump-election-1653886

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Thanks for nothing: Amid underwhelming support, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell ends his marathon to fund his putative Supreme Court suit against the 2020 election.

[Javaman]

1. Crack is a horrible drug.

It fries peoples brains

Just sayin

[peppertree]

2. +1

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. This former addict is back on drugs

[Javaman]

38. I believe that is a real possibility nt

[pstokely]

40. that drug is tRump

he traded with addiction for another, many former drug addicts become fundie freaks

[sop]

3. He was also selling pillows during his marathon, so it wasn't a total bust.

[SeattleVet]

16. Well, *trying* to sell them, anyway.

I get the feeling that pretty much everyone that wanted one of those lumpy overpriced things would have already sent their money to him, and most of those folks are probably pretty well tapped out, what with their sending money to him, Bannon, and the the rest of the various tRump and tRump-related grifts.

[NurseJackie]

36. "On the Youtube stream of the event, only a dozen people were watching the event."

During the stream, Newsweek also reported on the low number of viewers despite the claim by Lindell that millions were watching. On the Youtube stream of the event, only a dozen people were watching the event.

Posted on Lindell's Youtube channel, Freedom Patriot Network, the stream ended with 9,164 views.

The exact viewing figures are unclear as the event was also being streamed on Lindell's own platforms, Frank Speech, and Lindell TV where viewing figures are not shared publicly.

On Wednesday, Lindell held a protest outside the Fox News headquarters in Manhattan in the hopes the network would start covering his election fraud case. Only a handful of protesters joined the pillow salesman in the rally, where they could be seen on camera chanting ""Shame on Fox, shame on Fox."

[Midnight Writer]

4. Thanks, Mike. For making such an ass of yourself that even the loonies are embarrassed.

You want to see a Republican blush, ask'em about Mike Lindell.

[Captain Zero]

5. Thanks-fer-nuthin'

I think he and TFG have jumped the shark.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Maybe this will help

He just needs a good cry.

[Lochloosa]

11. nice version...have to look her up

[dweller]

7. A Ha

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
ahhhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha



whew
✌🏻

[Blue Owl]

8. Looks like a big turkey was served up

[Beartracks]

9. Why does such a tiny minority of nutjobs rule the GOP and all political discourse in this country?

Republicans in general are WAY over-represented in state legislatures and Congress, if you just go by percentage of the voting population. But even inside of THAT, this hardcore Trumper super-minority is sucking way too much oxygen out of the room.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Skewed Senate, skewed Electoral College, voter suppression, dirty tricks, gerrymandering,

... manufactured outrage, profit-motivated AI feed gathering on social media sites, Russian and other troll farms (web brigades), dark money, single issue voters whipped into a frenzy, geriatric demographics, maximum outraged radio, RW propaganda channels that host liars and lie themselves, ...

[TheRickles]

41. Good summary!

[Xipe Totec]

10. Vencidos (Defeated)- Joan Manuel Serrat

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Somebody tweeted a YouTube screen capture showing he had 96 viewers one time

... and 32 viewers another time.

Out of the whole nation (plus observers around the world). Sure there are moments when most of the nation is asleep, but even then ....

[brooklynite]

20. This is an inaccurate summary...

Those numbers referred to viewers on Youtube. Lindell has his own platform (frankspeech.com) where most of his fanboys watch.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Okay. But shows he doesn't attract many viewers outside of his base even when well-publicized

[brewens]

14. Then he turns right around today and has a new product. Some kind of fancy vase it looks like.

[Initech]

25. If Trump is Goldfinger, then Lindell is his Oddjob!

[sakabatou]

15. In the words of Nelson, HA-HA!

[relayerbob]

17. He and Lin Wood ought to move into a Motel 6 together

[IronLionZion]

18. He should ask Trump to donate some money

[Mz Pip]

19. So

I guess SCOTUS didn’t reinstate Trump this past weekend.

[aggiesal]

21. I have only 1 thing to say about this ...

[Initech]

24. This needs the John Oliver laugh!

[aggiesal]

30. Thank you!

[Initech]

23. Hey Mike: I really don't care. Do U?

[BigmanPigman]

26. It figures that the word "till" is related to fertilizer.

"Till is defined as to prepare land for crops to be planted by plowing and fertilizing. An example of to till is turning over the soil in a garden. ... To work (land) in raising crops, as by plowing and fertilizing; cultivate."

I guess Mike wants to plow and fertilize tRump supporters. He is spreading fertilizer for 96 hours. Typical for a GQP moron except that the GQP spreads fertilizer 24/7.

[myohmy2]

27. awww...

...

[PSPS]

28. LOL " he did not receive (the support" ) Newsweek must be angling for an ad buy from Lindell

Lindell claimed he would have the support of multiple states' attorneys in general as he hoped to take this issue to the Supreme Court. The 60-year-old claimed he would have this support by Thanksgiving, a deadline he set himself, but he did not receive it and the lawsuit was not filed.

Lindell simply concluded that his grifting wasn't profitable anymore. The expenses stopped being covered by his take some time ago. He's out of cash and his creditors are after him. He's selling his products at a whopping 2/3 discount just to keep some cash flow. He sold his $2.5 million private plane a few weeks ago. He faces a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit and real attorneys cost real money.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

29. He should pay Jim Bakker to come on and do the get-down-on-his-knees trick.

I watched Bakker do that back in the late 70s on late-night TV during a long night of drinking. That was long before he got busted. He got on his knees and begged people to call in and donate $500 each to his church grift.

I suspect tRump, Lindell, Bakker, Swaggart, Robertson and Graham are all cast from the same rotten mold in the mental sense.

Does the MyPillow pillow resists tear stains?..... .....

[lastlib]

31. just heart-breaking....

"Isn't anybody going to help that poor man?"

(**snort!**)

[Grokenstein]

32. You say you believe in signs, Mikey.

Take this as a sign you should piss off and never emerge from your swamp ever again.

[toughtony]

33. He Didn't Fail...

He collected a lot of donations and pillow sales. Remember, these engagements are for trump supporter only, 74,244,000 suckers. They are the only ones who suck up his B.S.! Trump supporters are keeping everyone in trump's inner circle rich! So politically, it was a complete flop, otherwise he made lots of money. As long as that number stays the same, mike, trump, etc., will continue to make money.

[jcmaine72]

34. This guy's an A-hole

If he really believes that the election (and by extension, his beloved 'murica) was stolen by evil, chin-rubbing lefties, perhaps he should just end it all and go smother himself with one of his crappy pillows.

[hlthe2b]

35. Pathos is not pretty...

cringe-worthy, yes, but hardly "pretty."

[The Jungle 1]

39. Is he a Vulcan?

Pillow boy has pointy ears.
He is a Vulcan and that explains why he has no feelings.

[in2herbs]

42. When PR stunts like this fail so spectacularly due to low number of viewers I am hopeful for

our future as a country because if there really were huge numbers of trump supporters out there they would have viewed this marathon and My Pillow Guy's marathon would have reflected much higher viewer numbers.

[Marcuse]

43. Serial failure.

[yaesu]

44. News media still trying to make the flushed turds floaters relevant. nt

[Ray Bruns]

45. I think he should take the honorable way out.

Think General Mitsuru Ushijima who commanded the Japanese army on Okinawa.