Founder and CEO of My Pillow, conservative political activist and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell (C) listens to former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters during a “Save America” rally at York Family Farms on August 21, 2021 in Cullman, Alabama.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told CNBC he is ready to go broke pushing the false claim that the election was stolen from Donald Trump while proclaiming that the election system needs extensive changes.
Lindell said he has spent $25 million of his own money since Election Day to fuel his campaign. And he plans to keep spending to continue his crusade going into the 2022 midterm elections.
“I will keep spending it because there is no tomorrow. We lose our country. We either only have two paths: either it gets changed before the 2022 election or we lose our country forever. I will spend every dime I have,” Lindell told CNBC during a nearly hourlong interview Wednesday. “I will spend whatever it takes.”
Trump himself has continued to spread the lie that the election was rigged against him.
Efforts like Lindell’s are likely to continue encouraging mistrust among Trump supporters in the election system. His comments also underscore the intensity driving Trump’s allies and supporters as the former president considers whether to run again – and as the nation prepares for the 2022 midterm elections. A Reuters/Ipsos poll from May showed that a majority of Republicans surveyed still believe Trump,...
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