Last week, DHS issued a warning about liars such as Lindell being a motivating factor for an uptick in online calls for violence if the former president isn’t reinstated as president. “And the question is going to be, are people going to try to resort to violence in or in furtherance of that false narrative?” “Concern from a law enforcement perspective is at a certain point in time, all of the conspiracy theories that point to a change occurring through process are going to sort of wear out,” Cohen said. This has led to calls for violence from extremists to overthrow the election and put Trump back in the White House. “It’s very similar to the stuff we saw prior to January 6,” said Cohen.Ĭohen said online comments such as “the system is broken,” “take action into our own hands” and “bring out the gallows,” went along with the narrative shared among believers that the presidential election was not legitimate. And that chatter is “very similar” to what intel saw in the lead-up to the attack on the Capitol. On Friday, Homeland Security Intelligence chief John Cohen told CNN that false conspiracy theories about Trump and the election are fueling violent chatter among extremists online.

“But the CNN’s of the world, you guys need to start reporting this and stop fact-checking it!” /8NM3bIK90KĪlthough comical, there’s also a very dangerous side to this carnival show. “But I’ve been researching this election since November 3rd… CNNs of the world, you guys need to start reporting this and stop fact-checking it.” I don’t know what most of this stuff means,” the speaker said. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not a computer guy. After admitting that he didn’t understand anything about the presentation that day, he insisted that CNN and other media should start reporting Lindell’s farcical notions as true and “stop fact-checking.” “If I’m right that China took our country, right now, do you care? Would that bother you? Would that bother you?” Lindell asked.Īfter O’Sullivan replied, “Of course it would,” Lindell continued his unhinged rant, asking, “Do you think I like to get attacked?”Īnother bizarre moment in the segment came from a speaker at the event. Lindell followed the bizarre remark by then deflecting and angrily questioning O’Sullivan about whether he cares about America. When pressed about providing proof of his claims of election fraud Lindell exploded and astonishingly replied, “Just forget about the evidence.” But like the event itself-which lacked any election fraud evidence at all-MyPillow guy’s interview with O’Sullivan was also an epic dumpster fire. The event was supposed to prove once and for all that China was involved in “stealing” the 2020 election from former president Donald Trump. The truth can be very frustrating when all you have is lies on your side.ĬNN’s Donie O’Sullivan confronted MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell during his three-day “cyber symposium” in South Dakota this week.

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