Swathes of far-right media personalities have amplified former President Donald Trump's fantasies that the 2020 election was somehow stolen from him through Democrats engaging in widespread election fraud.
Few of these figures, however, are more committed to this delusion than infamous pillow peddler Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and prominent conspiracy theorist who continues to insist that not only is there "irrefutable proof" Trump won the election, but that Trump will somehow be reinstated to the presidency before 2025.
Lindell's grift that Trump will eventually retake the White House without winning a presidential election has repeatedly been disproven by Lindell's own predictions.
Nevertheless, the former President recently sat down for an interview with Lindell to discuss the fantasy that fraud robbed Trump of reelection—a fantasy that both Lindell and Trump continue to promote.
In the deranged interview, Lindell referred to Trump as "our real President" before parroting baseless claims, such as that Trump revived the phrase "Merry Christmas" among the American populace.
But one particularly bizarre moment came when Lindell decried voting machines, most likely for elections software companies such as Dominion and Smartmatic, which have sued Lindell for defamation for promoting the lie that these companies worked with Democrats and foreign countries to switch votes from Trump to Biden.
Lindell told Trump:
"I have said we're going to melt down machines and use them into prison bars."
Trump all too predictably agreed, praising Lindell's idea as "very interesting" and a "very good idea" before once again decrying his own Vice President, Mike Pence, for not overstepping his constitutional powers by singlehandedly throwing out the electoral votes of any swing state Trump lost.
The interview faced near-unanimous backlash and mockery.
That's where Mike Lindell rips off the mask to reveal he's been Andy Kaufman this whole time.— Erik Robson (@Erik Robson) 1637121227
I thought this was The Onion\u2026.had to double-take on the headline. Srsly.— Karen Lynch (@Karen Lynch) 1637133102
Idiots... Trump said Mike Lindell's idea to melt down Dominion voting machines and turn them into prison bars was 'very good' during a rollicking 40-minute interview about election fraud conspiracy theories https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAQNjoN?ocid=winp-st\u00a0\u2026— aka M. Macabre. (@aka M. Macabre.) 1637134217
A very succinct summary of the GQP Platform— Dotards Anonymous (@Dotards Anonymous) 1637122016
What the what?— Amanda Nelson (@Amanda Nelson) 1637128582
Ugh. That line again. It\u2019s starting to feel like...pic.twitter.com/K4Oz4fvGKJ— Marza Panda \ud83d\udc3c (@Marza Panda \ud83d\udc3c) 1637121643
Some joked that Lindell and Trump would be the first beneficiaries of any bars made from melted-down voting machines.
Do you know what would be even funnier than that? After Mike Lindell meltdowns Domions voting machines and makes them into prison bars. It would be him imprisoned behind those bars wearing prison clothing!— Riggie711 (@Riggie711) 1637140547
Idiots... Trump said Mike Lindell's idea to melt down Dominion voting machines and turn them into prison bars was 'very good' during a rollicking 40-minute interview about election fraud conspiracy theories https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAQNjoN?ocid=winp-st\u00a0\u2026— aka M. Macabre. (@aka M. Macabre.) 1637134217
As long as they\u2019re both locked up in them, I\u2019m for it.— Diane French (@Diane French) 1637125986
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