# 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:** 62
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1223 "2022-04-29T01:27:26Z")
Here’s a slightly funny non-story about a Lindell impersonator on Twitter, to try to spread the hoax that the Pillow Pusher is no longer banned: > **[Fact Check: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Back on Twitter After Musk Takeover](https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-back-twitter-after-musk-takeover-1701393)** > > A tweet claiming to be from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell thanks Elon Musk for reinstating his account after he was banned in January 2021. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1224 "2022-04-29T21:29:32Z")
Well, Stone reapplied and got banned on Twitter in six hours apparently because he thought Musk would cut him a break. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1225 "2022-04-30T01:58:38Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Well, Stone reapplied and got banned on Twitter in six hours apparently because he thought Musk would cut him a break.   Never minding that Musk isn’t in charge yet. The way I read it (from a post in another thread on this very Board), he created a new sock account and that got quickly banned. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1226 "2022-04-30T02:48:33Z")
I give Stone credit for being an evil genius. He did it just to have something to stay in the the headlines with. He knew full well he would be banned again. That’s why he did it. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1227 "2022-04-30T12:55:42Z")
It really just goes to show how the right-wing is nothing but performative bullshit. A couple of years of fake crying about being censored or cancelled, the second Twitter changes hands a bunch of them do the things they could’ve done all along to get their accounts back - and it’s like…….look, Twitter’s conservative now, ha ha………when nothing’s changed, yet. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1228 "2022-04-30T20:12:44Z")
What will be amusing is when Musk bans them if they vote for funding SLS over Space X. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1229 "2022-04-30T22:43:24Z")
I don’t know. A whole lot of people on Twitter seem to think that, since Musk bought Twitter, all the rules have gone away–not only because people are deliberately making it seem that way per above, but also seeing Musk come in and back lying conservative commentators. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1230 "2022-05-01T01:08:37Z")
I don’t know anything about Musk’s politics. Is he a Trump supporter? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1231 "2022-05-01T01:39:04Z")
> **[Views of Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Views_of_Elon_Musk)** > > Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world and the CEO of Tesla, has expressed many views on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from politics to science. > Within the context of American politics, Musk has described himself as being politically moderate. Musk supported George W. Bush in 2004, Barack Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. In 2022, Musk said he would start voting for Republican Party candidates. He has stated support for universal basic income, gun rig... Money quote, “In April 2022, Musk implied in a tweet that he was previously politically center-left, but was now politically right-wing, and blamed his political shift on progressives moving further to the left.” ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1232 "2022-05-01T20:17:05Z")
Is this the same story, or a new one? > **[MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell returns to Twitter after he was permanently banned...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-returns-191101166.html)** > > The new account comes just days after Elon Musk bought the company, a takeover rife with speculation that the billionaire intends to relax moderation. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1233 "2022-05-01T20:28:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Is this the same story, or a new one? It’s new because the handle is different. The old one was called “realMikeLindel” (notice the last name spelled wrong). The new one is MikeJLindell. But it might just be another hoax still, because it is unverified. So new story, but maybe old story too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1234 "2022-05-01T22:19:06Z")
He did the same thing Roger Stone did, with the same result. He started a new account, and was pretty much immediately re-banned for doing so, because _nothing’s changed yet_. > **[MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell Returns to Twitter, Gets Re-Banned](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lindell-returns-to-twitter-is-immediately-re-banned)** > > “We need to melt down the voting machines,” the pillow tycoon declared to The Daily Beast following his Twitter ban, which he called “a shame.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1235 "2022-05-14T20:02:02Z")
Mike has a new conspiracy theory, and its the craziest yet. Apparently, the - SCOTUS leak was a deliberate conspiracy to undermine his latest documentary. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6iYj0RThixQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Mike Lindell Blames SCOTUS Leak For Documentary Failure") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYj0RThixQ) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1236 "2022-05-14T20:21:56Z")
2000 Mules? What is that, the number of traffickers needed to supply him with drugs? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1237 "2022-05-14T20:27:12Z")
Be fair. He has been sober for years. He doesn’t do drugs anymore. Of course, obsessing over the election is his new addiction, and maybe just as self-destructive as his other ones. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1238 "2022-05-14T20:41:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > 2000 Mules? It’s the new 100x more powerful [borax](https://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/)! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1239 "2022-05-14T20:43:31Z")
All this time it was supposed to be about the cyber, now it’s mules. It’s a privilege to live in a time with so many delusional weirdos on the national stage. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1240 "2022-05-14T20:52:18Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > He has been sober for years. He doesn’t do drugs anymore. Uh huh. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1241 "2022-05-14T20:55:50Z")
Is he still doing packets? Maybe he needs all those mules to haul the packets. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1242 "2022-05-15T23:02:03Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Of course, obsessing over the election is his new addiction, and maybe just as self-destructive as his other ones. Worse, it destroys _other_ people. My daffy landlord watched _2000 Mules_ on the release date. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=63)