# 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:** 80
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1583 "2023-10-23T16:49:58Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > He was asking essentially “how do you deal with questions/comments asked to the company that are not related to customer service?” and was saying “lumpy pillows” to represent customer complaints generically. The phrase itself was neither the subject or the end of the sentence, which was interrupted by a moron explosion. How do customer complaints of My Pillow have anything to do with this deposition? This is about Lindell’s attempt to help Trump overthrow the election, is it not? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1584 "2023-10-23T16:52:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > How do customer complaints of My Pillow have anything to do with this deposition? It had something to do with his public image as the Mypillow guy and how he leveraged that politically. Was hard to follow with all the cuts. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1585 "2023-10-23T17:10:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > How do customer complaints of My Pillow have anything to do with this deposition? > > This is about Lindell’s attempt to help Trump overthrow the election, is it not? It is about MyPillow as a company being included in the lawsuit. Here is the complete transcript of the deposition. The exchange happens on page 70 of the pdf/page 277 of the transcript. > **[Lindell-Sanction-Motion.pdf](https://abovethelaw.com/uploads/2023/09/Lindell-Sanction-Motion.pdf)** > > 2.53 MB ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1586 "2023-10-23T17:10:50Z")
Thanks. I did not know about Mike Lindell or My Pillow until he started supporting individual one. Never seen a My Pillow commercial. This is really a lesson for con men everywhere. Don’t shine a spot light on yourself. Some folks that you are not grifting might take notice. I thought that was con 101. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1587 "2023-10-23T17:32:41Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Don’t shine a spot light on yourself. Some folks that you are not grifting might take notice That’s also the error Trump made. The President can’t fly under the radar. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1588 "2023-10-23T18:11:40Z")
Yup. It shows Trumps hubris. He had screwed so many, for so long without any real punishment he thought it could go on forever. A take on an old commercial “It’s not nice to fool the Federal Government (thunder cracks)” The Feds have pretty deep pockets, and much better lawyers than he does. And plenty of time. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1589 "2023-10-23T18:52:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Hey, it’s funny and I personally don’t mind it repeated. So it’s the “Who’s on first?” of depositions? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1590 "2023-10-23T23:42:13Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Never seen a My Pillow commercial. They were a staple on late-night TV, particularly on cable. (And, yes, that did include Fox News.) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1591 "2023-10-24T14:00:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > This is really a lesson for con men everywhere. Don’t shine a spot light on yourself. Some folks that you are not grifting might take notice. Can’t find it again right now, but recently saw a Twitter/Facebook post (so, grains of salt and all that) about the man who controlled the Harlem drug trade in the 1970’s. Apparently, he was unknown to law enforcement due to keeping a low profile. Then he showed up ringside at an Ali fight in a $100,000 chinchilla fur coat. People started asking who he was. Per the story, he claimed it was the biggest mistake of his life. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1592 "2023-10-24T14:23:19Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Apparently, he was unknown to law enforcement due to keeping a low profile. Then he showed up ringside at an Ali fight in a $100,000 chinchilla fur coat. People started asking who he was. Per the story, he claimed it was the biggest mistake of his life. > **[Druglord ‘gangster’ fashion victim](https://nypost.com/2010/06/07/druglord-gangster-fashion-victim/)** > > The $1 million-a-day heroin empire of a notorious Harlem druglord was brought down by his flashy fur coat, the kingpin says. In “Original Gangster,” Frank Lucas’ new autobiography… ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1593 "2023-10-24T14:25:02Z")
[Frank Lucas.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lucas) He definitely wore the coat (and hat), but it’s not clear if that’s what brought him to law enforcement’s attention. The story is a plot point in the loosely autobiographical film [American Gangster.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gangster_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1594 "2023-10-28T23:51:14Z")
Now the packets are attacking Mike Lindell’s offense fund! > **[Mike Lindell's problems just got worse](https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-problems-mypillow-retailer-dropped-1838815)** > > Mike Lindell said that another retailer had ended its relationship with MyPillow while in conversation with Steve Bannon. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1595 "2023-10-29T13:06:55Z")
If you have to make a choice between Mike and Steve Bannon for your business , I pity you. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1596 "2023-10-29T21:21:00Z")
The bus is here! > ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1597 "2023-10-30T15:01:36Z")
Until I watched the video clip, I thought from the description that maybe Mike had finally seen the error of his ways. (Narrator: he hasn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1598 "2023-11-03T21:31:40Z")
Mikey’s wifi sniffers are in the news again. > **[MyPillow's Mike Lindell is peddling an election machine 'security' device....](https://abcnews.go.com/US/election-officials-push-back-security-device-distributed-mike/story?id=104541850)** > > Leading election denier Mike Lindell is facing pushback from election officials after announcing the rollout of a device that he says can help keep elections secure. I don’t think it has been mentioned here before, but these WMDs are another grift on Lindell by Dennis Montgomery. _This_ Dennis Montgomery. > **[The man behind Trump World’s myth of rigged voting machines](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-montgomery/)** > > Pro-Trump conspiracy theories about vote-flipping supercomputers can be traced back to a computer programmer with a history of telling tall tales. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1599 "2023-11-03T22:50:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I don’t think it has been mentioned here before, but these WMDs are another grift on Lindell by Dennis Montgomery. I found an image of one of them. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71S-uIyHG3L.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71S-uIyHG3L.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1600 "2023-11-04T04:53:49Z")
I work in tiny little off-campus coffee joints. Full of hipster grad students with their expensive noise-cancelling headphones and 2023 M2-chip MacBook Pros. I can’t tell you how much I want to get my coffee, perch my reading glasses on my nose… then open one of these up and start typing on it. … hmmm, any way I can fit a MacBook into that? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1601 "2023-11-10T05:39:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _This_ Dennis Montgomery. Fascinating article. Living in Arizona I remember the birth certificate baloney Arpaio spewed during the Obama administration and the taxpayer money spent chasing it. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1602 "2023-11-10T12:12:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Mikey’s wifi sniffers are in the news again. > [@](#): > > Lindell told ABC News that each device cost him $500 to manufacture, and that he plans to send out 1,000 devices to at least three states that are conducting elections this month. (From the article). That’s $500,000 that he blew on something no one’s gonna use. [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=79) [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=81)