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Reader: Mike Lindell Is His Own Worst Enemy

While the jury's out, the court of public opinion weighs in on the election-denying MyPillow exec.
Image: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell puts two thumbs up outside the courtroom where he's being sued for defamation
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell outside the courtroom where he's being sued for defamation Brendan Joel Kelley
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The defamation trial against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, filed by former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer, went to the jury Friday.

Coomer had testified the first week, as did former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters (from jail) and Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann, who'd set much of the action in motion when he made accusations about Coomer that Lindell later reiterated.

Lindell finally took the stand on Monday, when Coomer attorney Charlie Cain was blunt in his opening question: "You take no responsibility for what you've done to Dr. Coomer's life, do you?"

"I did not do anything to Dr. Coomer," Lindell replied, then proceeded to refer to him as "treasonous" and "a traitor" through his testimony, but insisted that had nothing to do with his belief that Coomer fixed the 2020 election.

While the jury's out, the court of public opinion has been dispensing plenty of verdicts on the Westword Facebook post. Says Morgan:
Talk about being your own worst enemy. What. A. Shitshow.
Adds Maura:
Mike should have never taken the stand.
Responds James:
Being a sucker can have expensive consequences.
Offers Paul Carberry:
And now he’s selling My Aluminum Foil Hats.
Suggests Marty:
The MAGA brain is simply ill-equipped for our complex, big-word-using modern society.
Recalls Joel:
I’m old enough to remember when we had serious adults in government — even those with whom I vehemently disagreed — and the crazies were confined to MTV.
Concludes Scarlet:
 I used to think Nixon was a bad guy. I would dig up his decrepit skeleton and put him in the White House at this point.
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