MyPillow founder Mike Lindell – an outspoken advocate of President Donald Trump’s false claims that the presidential election was faked – says retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s, are dropping its products.
Both companies confirmed the move, but pointed out that sales of his signature product were being discontinued in lieu of Lindell’s support for Mr. Trump.
“We have rationalized our range to discontinue some underperforming items and brands. This includes the MyPillow product line,” a Bed Bath & Beyond spokesperson said in an email to CBS News.
“There has been reduced customer demand for MyPillow,” Kohl said in an email to the Associated Press. “We will sell our current stock and not buy additional / future stock in the brand.”
Lindell has continued to make false claims of election fraud since Mr. Trump’s defeat to President-elect Joe Biden in the November election, which led to boycott calls on social media for retailers to drop the brand.
Speaking to Right Side Broadcasting Network – best known for its live stream coverage of Mr. Trump’s meetings on its YouTube channel – Lindell said Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s were good companies but feared boycotts.
“I told them you will come back whenever you want,” he said in a video released on YouTube. “It’s not their fault they are afraid.”
Lindell said MyPillow products were also pulled from online furniture retailer Wayfair and Texas supermarket chain HEB.
Wayfair and HEB did not immediately respond to requests for comment from CBS and the Associated Press.
In addition to losing business, Lindell is facing potential lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems over his allegations that the company’s voting machines played a role in election fraud. Dominion threatened legal action in a letter to Lindell calling his “blatantly false allegations.”