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After MyPillow CEO starts spouting election misinformation on Newsmax, anchor walks off show

Mike Lindell’s rant made his interviewer visibly uncomfortable, possibly because the channel has been threatened with a lawsuit for airing baseless election-fraud claims

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell at the White House in March. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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Things went sideways just 10 seconds into Newsmax TV’s interview Tuesday afternoon with Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell, the pillow-company executive who rose to fame in conservative circles because of his effusive praise of former president Donald Trump.

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Appearing on the conservative cable news channel, Lindell was asked to discuss Twitter’s decision to ban him for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the 2020 presidential election, which he has insisted for weeks was stolen from Trump.

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Jeremy Barr covers the media industry for The Washington Post.@jeremymbarr
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