🐱 MyPillow CEO Preaches Christian Lies During Trump’s Useless Pandemic Briefing

MyPillow CEO Preaches Christian Lies During Trump’s Useless Pandemic Briefing

The White House is not a church.

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No TV network should be airing Donald Trump‘s daily rallies. They’re not informative, and they’ve become a substitute for his campaign rallies, where he mocks the press for quoting him directly, stirs up resentment toward his perceived enemies, and throws out slurs against groups he doesn’t like. Every network can easily air clips afterwards, fact-check them as they do it, and offer the full video online for anyone who wants to watch it. It would be a better public service if they did that.


Today’s episode was a perfect example of why.

Rather than offer useful information, Trump ceded time to Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a low-level hero among MAGA cultists, who used the opportunity to praise Jesus during the “briefing” with the presidential seal right below him on the podium.


“God gave us grace on Nov. 8, 2016, to change the course we were on,” Lindell said, referencing the day of Trump’s election. “God had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on god. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word, read our Bibles and spend time with our families.”

Lindell, standing behind a podium bearing the presidential seal, said Trump “gave us so much hope” and cited the strong economy that has since cratered due to the virus.

“With our great president, vice president, and this administration and all the great people in this country praying daily, we will get through this and get back to a place that’s stronger and safer than ever,” he said.


We know Trump lies. But now he’s bringing in people to lie for him.


Lindell is wrong. God was never “taken out” of school because students are welcome to pray or read their bibles. Forced Christian prayers are no longer acceptable — as it should be. (Trump hasn’t changed that, either.)

The nation hasn’t “turned its back on God,” since the majority of people are still religious. They’re just starting to recognize that white evangelical Christianity has become a cover for a political party that cares more about power than Jesus. If anything, Trump has only made that distinction more clear.

And the idea that this administration, which dragged its feet in responding to COVID-19 while refusing to provide complete aid to states if their governors don’t show sufficient obsequiousness, is going to make us stronger has been disproven more times that we should have to count.

It is appalling that anyone, much less a president, would waste the nation’s time by allowing a pandemic briefing to turn into a church service. It’s even more disturbing how few people care. Then again, given all the ways this administration tramples over the Constitution, you can hardly blame the media for not sufficiently covering them all.

 

[dreamworks face]

Show me on the doll where Jesus touched you friendly atheist.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Show me on the doll where Jesus touched you friendly atheist.

Gee, idk, guy using his factory to produce medical supplies vs random atheist online. One of these two could literally disappear today and nobody of importance would care.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

>Patheos
>"FriendlyAtheist"

Now this shit is just getting weak, @CatParty.

 

[President Joe Biden]

I'm failing to see how the Constitution is being trampled on unless the author is referring to "shall not be infringed."

Why are atheists always whiney bitches? Daddy issues?

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

Man, atheists love to clutch their pearls about religion. Maybe try to do something a bit more productive with your life then basing it around getting pissed at religion.

 

[Polyboros2]

I'm failing to see how the Constitution is being trampled on unless the author is referring to "shall not be infringed."

Why are atheists always whiney bitches? Daddy issues?

They intellectually peaked in high school when they realized Jesus Christ was Santa Claus for adults. It's a more pathetic reality than the satire of Al Bundy's football glory days.


Also, communism is a religion, and tankies have to, by nature, attack all other religions.

 

[Hux]

My time machine worked, I've successfully made it back to 2006 when internet atheism and The Rational Response Squad was at their peak

 

[thismanlies]

It's weird how every media source sperging about Chuck Lindell is ignoring the fact that he converted his factory to make N95 respirators.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

"Better dead than alive via a respirator made by a dirty fundie" - some atheist blogger

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

Articles like this make me happy that the fedora single-handedly destroyed the credibility of the average internet atheist for the rest of time.

 

[Dr. Sexbot]

MyPillow CEO Preaches Christian Lies During Trump’s Useless Pandemic Briefing -

Come on @CatParty, this is low-effort. You even left a hanging hyphen in the title. You're better than this.

“God gave us grace on Nov. 8, 2016, to change the course we were on,” Lindell said, referencing the day of Trump’s election. “God had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on god. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word, read our Bibles and spend time with our families.”

It's more fun to picture him hugging the pillow while he says it.

(Also, holy shit, image is already exploitable. They just shooped him in.)

 

[ADHD]

I can't think of Mike Lindell without being reminded of this:

 

[Stormy Daniel's Lawyer]

What this asshole didn't say was that the dude's company stop has making pillows and will now produce 50,000 masks a day for our nation.

Mike Lindell was once a crack addict and credits his faith for his success.

I honestly don't care what your religious beliefs are if you are helping combat COVID-19. That's why the dude was there along with other CEO's. His off the cuff remarks about his faith should not offend anyone who truly respects our first amendment right.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

If this is a friendly atheist, I don't want to know what a non-friendly atheist is like.

They intellectually peaked in high school when they realized Jesus Christ was Santa Claus for adults

You call that a peak? That's like calling the Great Depression an economic peak-- I'm sure it's a peak compared to an economy of a world consumed by an otherwordly chaos, but it's an intellectually bankrupt take from people who mostly resent their non-abusive parents for taking them to the church services they slept through.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

His off the cuff remarks about his faith should not offend anyone who truly respects our first amendment right.

"Freedom from religion, bigot! If Christians can randomly go around professing their faith in public then we basically live in a Dark Ages Theocracy!

Anyways, Atheism isn't a religion so we can say whatever we want in public."

 

[Marissa Moira]

I remember a quote and I may be paraphrasing a bit, "God has a tendency to throw bricks through the windows of houses belonging to atheists."

 

[Gramh]

What this asshole didn't say was that the dude's company stop has making pillows and will now produce 50,000 masks a day for our nation.

Mike Lindell was once a crack addict and credits his faith for his success.

I honestly don't care what your religious beliefs are if you are helping combat COVID-19. That's why the dude was there along with other CEO's. His off the cuff remarks about his faith should not offend anyone who truly respects our first amendment right.

Maybe if he didn't come off as buying his way to the platform to spout off about his religious beliefs in a somewhat toxic manner? It's like virtue signaling with extra steps. "Notice me senpai Trump, I'm making masks!" turned into "Hail God's chosen, President Trump! We should instill more Christian values into all things!" way too quickly here.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Maybe if he didn't come off as buying his way to the platform to spout off about his religious beliefs in a somewhat toxic manner? It's like virtue signaling with extra steps. "Notice me senpai Trump, I'm making masks!" turned into "Hail God's chosen, President Trump! We should instill more Christian values into all things!" way too quickly here.

You sound like someone who rushes to the defense of muslims far too frequently and quickly.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

Maybe if he didn't come off as buying his way to the platform to spout off about his religious beliefs in a somewhat toxic manner?

Is him talking about his religious beliefs in a "somewhat toxic manner" going to kill more people or jeopardize the doctors he's helping protect through the production of necessary masks?

Trump could have secured help from a guy who praised the god of Islam and his prophet Muhammad from that podium before performing salat right there and I still wouldn't be able to give less of a damn. We're at 2,000-3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone, we have a shortage of medical supplies that jeopardizes the healthcare providers fighting this disease, tailored treatment and vaccination is still several months away, we're currently putting our hopes in medicine designed for a different disease, our economy's in freefall, millions are losing their jobs, and we risk having an economic depression even when we're done with this.

He's not even trying to recruit people into a specific cult to extort your money and allegiance. Who cares about someone aiding the effort talking about Jesus?