The “My Pillow” Guy Just Got Cancelled by His Bank. Who’s Next?

Mike Lindell is an entrepreneur and founder of the My Pillow company, which offers pillows, linens, bathrobes, slippers, and just about every other item for the bedroom or bathroom you can name. Even if you don’t buy his products, you must know his name because he has a huge marketing budget and bombards the airwaves with his commercials.

Lindell is a billionaire based on his efforts and is a close friend of Donald Trump. He has become controversial because of his views on election rigging in 2020 (he believes voting machines were manipulated and fake ballots were used).

He is being sued for hundreds of millions of dollars by Dominion Voting Systems which provided the hardware and systems to count votes in many states. (Fox News recently agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to settle defamation claims also arising from the 2020 election).

Here’s the thing about Lindell. You don’t have to agree with him, you don’t have to buy his products, and you don’t have to share his views on the 2020 election. Yet hopefully everyone could agree that we’re all entitled to say what we want under the First Amendment to the Constitution.

You have to take responsibility for what you say. You could be arrested for yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theatre when there is no fire. You can be sued for defamation if you make false claims about others. But those are the exceptions that prove the rule.

We should not be punished for expressing unpopular views. But that has not been Lindell’s experience.

Kohl’s and Bed, Bath and Beyond stopped selling his products in 2021 (perhaps Lindell had the last laugh because Bed, Bath and Beyond filed for bankruptcy in April 2023 and announced plans to liquidate inventory and go out of business). Twitter suspended the My Pillow company account, also in early 2021 (before the Elon Musk housecleaning at Twitter, now X).

Obviously, these actions were targeted at Lindell and were driven by his unpopular political views and not by any problems with his products. Now, the elites have aimed their most powerful weapon at Lindell – financial cancellation.

As reported here, American Express has cut My Pillow’s credit line by 90% and cancelled their online payment and shipping channels. Lindell said American Express gave “no reason” for the financial attack and that the My Pillow business has been “crippled” by the attack.

Lindell also had his banking lines closed by Minnesota Bank & Trust. So, this is the favored technique of cancel culture. They don’t care about social media or TV interviews anymore. They’re going for your oxygen supply.

They’re cutting off your access to banks, cash, and credit. It’s just a matter of time before the banker goon squads come for the rest of us.

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