MyPillow Lays Off 150 Workers After Praising Trump's Tax Cuts, 'Booming Economy' [View all]
MyPillow, one of the few remaining advertisers frequently featured on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, is laying off more than 100 employees not even a year after the company’s founder praised President Donald Trump for creating a “booming economy.”
In a statement to HuffPost, Mike Lindell, inventor and CEO of MyPillow, told us via email that he’s in the process of launching an “online store for entrepreneurs and inventors to sell their products.”
“As we prepare for the launch of MyStore.com, we are changing the layout of our Shakopee [Minnesota] factories so the fulfillment and shipping of all MyStore products can happen here,” he says, before adding that the “new direction” means layoffs for about 150 employees.
Lindell said that while he values “each and every one of my employees,” “this is what is best right now for the future of MyPillow and to prepare for the launch of MyStore.com.”
This move from Lindell comes less than a year after a June 2018 op-ed he penned for the Duluth News-Tribune where he celebrated Trump’s economic policies in a piece titled, “Rest easy, Minnesota; Trump is winning for us.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mypillow-mike-lindell-layoffs-trump-tax-cuts_n_5cd5b3a0e4b0705e47dbd2e3
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