 My pillow CEO Mike Lindell who is a close Trump ally and friend has previously stated that he believes Or rather knows that Donald Trump will in fact to be reinstated as president in the near future and in a recent interview with some right-wing news outlet he Proports to have more details about when Donald Trump will be reinstated and he's also now claiming that Many senators Republican senators who lost will in fact be reinstated alongside Donald Trump take a look by the time August 3rd the morning of August 13th It'll be the talk of the world point hurry up. Let's get this election pulled down. That's right. The right Let's get these communists out of you know that they're taking over that then you'll see when I say that, you know And those people what's gonna happen all the people that were involved I don't know right now the biggest concern is getting this election pulled on how Trump won I mean, that's pretty simple Okay, and there were many down ticket senators to that they did too and stuff you'll find out So not only will Donald Trump be president again come the morning of August 13th But many Republican senators who lost illegitimately so because of the fraud Will also be reinstated alongside Donald Trump now look if we step back and we just watch that interview and assume It occurs in a vacuum. I think man. I feel really bad for this individual I hope that he seeks help because he's very clearly unwell. He's suffering from delusions of grandeur The issue however is that Mike Lindell the things that he says they don't occur in a vacuum These are things that are believed by the dominant faction within the Republican Party So I can't just brush this aside and think well, you know what that's Mike Lindell being Mike Lindell he sure is you know a Crazy character, right? No because these are lies that are believed by a substantial number of people In the Republican Party again the dominant wing of the Republican Party and the individuals who propagate these delusions They're also legitimized. It's not like, you know, this is some marginalized community within Trump circles This is now becoming a common theme within Trump circles If you look at any Trump rally and the interviews from them CNN reporter Donnie O'Sullivan attends them It's basically widely believed by like 90 to 95 percent of Trump supporters that the election was stolen from him And sure it's not the best sample because people who attend Trump rallies in 2021 They're gonna be the biggest sick of fans, right? So maybe the average Trump supporter doesn't necessarily believe that he lost illegitimately so but Such a large portion of people believe this That now it's to the point where democracy is in danger because so many people have lost faith in the process And there's a number of reasons why people can actually doubt American democracy for a number of reasons right voter suppression our electoral system the electoral college These are all valid reasons to argue that American democracy is weakened But to just claim that Donald Trump lost on Fragulent grounds that is something that is uniquely dangerous to democracy and folks like Mike Lindell Who propagate these lies are being propped up by Donald Trump not necessarily because they're delusional But because they're loyal to Donald Trump. So in this faction within the Republican Party They don't gauge whether or not to promote someone based on how accurate they are in their reporting or you know The things that they say it's all based on loyalty to Donald Trump And so if you say batshit crazy things if you perpetuate these lies about the election or you make false claims Then you know so long as you're loyal to Donald Trump You're going to be propped up because that's what he's looking for now These lies peddled by Mike Lindell they originate from the QAnon community and an issue is that members of QAnon are Being legitimized now. So as the Hill reports vice reports that two of the most influential QAnon figures Jeffrey Peterson and his podcast co-host Shady Groove were approved for media credentials. This is at a Trump rally We are the news now Peterson wrote on his telegram channel according to vice So these lies and people who spread these lies are being propped up as legitimate sources within the Trump community Because they're saying things that Trump supporters who feel as if he did lose illegitimately or feel as if he won rather however, they're phrasing this You know, they're saying things that they want to hear and so this is dangerous So I don't think that you can just easily dismiss things like this lies being spread by Obviously crazy people like Mike Lindell as you know that just being one person because these things that are being said do not occur in a vacuum when Mike Lindell Communicates this message to thousands if not millions of people that actually lands people believe him People think after hearing him that yes, it is the case that Trump will in fact be reinstated It doesn't matter that Mike Lindell provided no evidence that this is the case and Reinstating a president isn't a thing that you can find in the Constitution But they hear him say something that they want to hear and because of that they're inclined to believe What he's saying because they can't fight through the cognitive dissonance that Donald Trump lost because he lost Legitimately so because he mishandled a pandemic for a number of reasons he lost But they don't want to hear that so they cling to people who tell them what they want to hear and for that reason This is how these types of lunatics get propped up in the Republican Party now and when you have the dominant wing of an entire party in a two-party system mind you and Believe these things, you know the entire party itself has to play in it. So, you know, there's a reason why you know Republican lawmakers They really won't outright denounce the big lie. I mean some do right, but many of them will just brush it aside and it's it's deeply dangerous Because now you have these folks clamoring for a coup thinking that that's the best way to restore democracy when in actuality They're against democracy by definition because they want an authoritarian coup to take place So look these things are absolutely deeply dangerous And I don't think that we should be so quick to just dismiss this as you know lunatics saying crazy things You know, I've done this in the past with Alex Jones. I think you know what Alex Jones is crazy Nobody believes him, you know, it may be true that reasonable people don't believe him But enough people believe him that it's dangerous and it affects democracy it affects broader American politics So these things have to be denounced. They should be you know on their face Laughable, but that's not the climate that we're living in and we have to deal with what's in front of us And it is the case that we do absolutely have to denounce these lies It's incumbent on us to tell people no Donald Trump is not going to be instated reinstated in August Because I don't want them to get violent. I don't want them to you know Believe the next lie that maybe he'll be reinstated in September because remember he was supposed to be reinstated back in March and that never happened. So inevitably when this date comes and goes, what are they gonna do? I mean are these people finally going to acknowledge that they've been duped and people who are grifters are using them. I Mean, maybe some will right But not all of them will and we have to do everything in our power to bring these folks back to reality If we have family members who have succumbed to this QAnon cult, we have to try to reason with them It's really difficult because they're not going to trust me You can't show show them this video and say look this lie is stupid because this person on camera said it That's not the way that it works like this This is a trust-building process and it takes time to try to bring these people out of the delusions that they're feeling and This is why we have to address this and continue to denounce it because it's not gonna go away anytime soon And it's it's it's not just that it's sad that these people are Believing lies and delusions of grandeur. It's sad that this is impacting democracy. It doesn't just affect them It affects all of America