# Twitter bans MyPillow corporate account after Mike Lindell uses it to circumvent personal Twitter ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095 "2021-02-03T02:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/963 "2022-01-14T08:49:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Robinette. I only know that because it’s the surname of a friend. So it’s Joe Biden’s maiden name? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/964 "2022-01-14T14:14:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > in terms of medical You continue to do a great job impersonating the former guy. The “sir” stuff is easy, but “in terms of medical” is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/965 "2022-01-15T01:09:34Z")
Deplatformed and now debanked: > My guess is that his shenanigans threatened to get the bank mixed up in one of Trumpworld’s many scams and money laundering operations. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/966 "2022-01-15T01:19:17Z")
Ahahahahahaha! > **[Minnesota bank heartlessly cancels Mike Lindell’s Recovery Network - Right...](https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/minnesota-bank-heartlessly-cancels-mike-lindells-recovery-network/)** > > The radical left has embarked on yet another politically motivated attempt to “cancel” and punish Mike Lindell for his patriotic work in shedding light on the election fraud in the United States. A Minnesota bank will reportedly be cancelling... > This may encourage “deplorables,” a tongue-in-cheek nickname for conservatives who support President Trump, to call the financial institution and demand they reinstate their business dealings with Mike Lindell and his Recovery Network. Deplorables: ‘We demand you reinstate Saint Mike!’ Bank: ‘Or, what? [click]’ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/967 "2022-01-15T02:36:39Z")
Funny! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/968 "2022-01-15T03:19:32Z")
I googled Mike Lindell Debanked to learn more. EVERY site in the first page of cites, judging by the site name or the thumbnail preview, is from a right-wing-sounding source. The tweet from Ron Filipkowski, above, appears to be sourced from one of those. Is this a real story? Is anyone other than right-wing sites carrying this? Tomorrow maybe? Furthermore, at first glance, all those right-wing sites carrying the story seem to be source from Lindell himself saying on The War Room that happened. ETA: Okay, I’ll look on Raw Story now. They always seem to be quick to pick up on stories like this . . . ETA some more: Nope, nothing there yet. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/969 "2022-01-15T03:33:14Z")
Hmmm… Stir sh\*t towards the bank, make them have to put out a statement saying “there’s no truth to this”, then turn around and say “ **We** MADE them back off”? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/970 "2022-01-15T04:08:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I googled Mike Lindell Debanked to learn more. EVERY site in the first page of cites, judging by the site name or the thumbnail preview, is from a right-wing-sounding source. The tweet from Ron Filipkowskin, above, appears to be sourced from one of those. Is this a real story? Is anyone other than right-wing sites carrying this? Tomorrow maybe? Daily Kos? > **[Pillow Man Mike Lindell's bank drops him to avoid 'reputational damage'](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/14/2074746/-Pillow-Man-Mike-Lindell-s-bank-drops-him-to-avoid-reputational-damage)** > > So there’s good news and bad news for Pillow Man Mike Lindell on this lovely January day. The good? He’s not dead. Not yet anyway. While he’s been away from his daily “news” show with “laryngitis” for several days—prompting widespread speculation,... ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/971 "2022-01-15T04:14:07Z")
I laughed until I cried: > celebrated corn husk doll impersonator Steve Bannon: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/972 "2022-01-15T04:14:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Daily Kos? That article seems to cite only two sources: Lindell himself, and the Filipkowski tweet, which in turn cites Lindell’s rant on The War Room. I would really like this to be true (and maybe it is), but there’s gotta be some source other than Lindell and right-wing rags. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/973 "2022-01-15T04:17:18Z")
I could be that Lindell’s bank had a quiet word in his ear, and he blew it up into a massive conspiracy theory because… well because Mike is not mentally well. Or it might be completely fabricated by the squirrels that are currently residing in Mike’s cerebellum. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/974 "2022-01-15T04:26:57Z")
Here is something Lindell said in/on Bannon’s War Room: “We’re at a great point. We’re in the best spot we’ve been in since Nov. 4. Every day gets better and better. We’re winning, winning, winning.” Now what other addled self-medicating nutball does that remind me of? Give me a minute, it’ll come to me… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/975 "2022-01-15T07:15:38Z")
But if Mike Lindell made it up, would he claim they blamed “reputational damage” as the reason? That seems off to me, which I realize is a total crazy thing to say. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/976 "2022-01-15T07:28:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > That seems off to me, which I realize is a total crazy thing to say. It’s ok - we’re all in MikeLindellWorld - all good. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/977 "2022-01-15T15:26:09Z")
One wonders whether, more reasonably, the bank considered there to be a high level of risk of money laundering or other criminal activity with these accounts. Banks usually don’t “debank” someone for reputational risk because, well, money’s money. It’s actual or potential legal or financial liability that tends to make them uneasy. I suppose if they were suddenly losing a lot of other customers it might have an impact, but we would likely have heard something about that. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/978 "2022-01-15T16:26:57Z")
That’s what I figure – they didn’t want to get sucked into the vortex of scams and money laundering that swirls around Cheato and his inner circle. Alternatively, they may have closed his lines of credit because they don’t think he’ll be able to pay off his loans, and he blew that up into being “debanked”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/979 "2022-01-15T16:31:44Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I laughed until I cried: > > > celebrated corn husk doll impersonator Steve Bannon: My favorite bit was: > Hey, even _I_ don’t want Frank Speech canceled. Why would I? It’s the most fun I’ve had since being forced to remove the nitrous oxide bouncy castle from my backyard after just two days and maybe half a dozen scurrilous complaints from annoyingly effete helicopter parents. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/980 "2022-01-15T16:35:03Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > they may have closed his lines of credit because they don’t think he’ll be able to pay off his loans, and he blew that up into being “debanked”. This was my thought. They chose to no longer extend him credit, and he chose to blame everything but his own fiscal incompetence for it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/981 "2022-01-15T21:08:54Z")
Newsweek has the story now. Again, the only source I see there is Lindell himself. But they mention, Lindell played a recording of a phone conversation, purportedly with a bank official. The article quotes from the phone call: > [@](#): > > “Just because of our organization saying, ‘Well, why are we connected with somebody that could be in the news.’ And, not that the FBI is even sniffing and looking, but what if somebody came in and said, ‘You know what, we are gonna subpoena all his account records…and then also we make the news,’” the person in the recording said. “So it’s more of a reputation risk.” Something about that seems fishy. Why would a bank official say something like that (even if it’s exactly true)? It sounds more indiscreet than I would expect. ETA: > **[Mike Lindell Claims Banks Want to Cut Ties With Him Over 'Reputation Risk'](https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-claims-banks-want-cut-ties-him-over-reputation-risk-1669781)** > > The MyPillow founder said that he told one bank, "You're going to have to throw me out." Another ETA: The article also mentions that Lindell displayed the names and phone numbers of various bank officials, telling his audience to call them and give them grief. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/982 "2022-01-15T21:13:13Z")
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