Lindell Claims Even Newsmax Won’t Run His Stupid Ads

Salon reports:

As Republicans and denizens of TrumpWorld increasingly distance themselves from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, he even finds himself at odds with Newsmax, a previously supportive far-right news channel.

Last week, Lindell said on his live-streaming site Frank Speech that Newsmax, which increasingly seeks to position itself as a further-right alternative to Fox News, had pulled all its ads from his site. He suggested that Newsmax was concerned about “competition” with Frank Speech, which seems objectively unlikely.

A Newsmax spokesperson did not return numerous Salon requests for comment on the reasons for pulling back ads, which might also include the $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Lindell filed by Dominion Voting Systems over his outlandish and largely disproven 2020 election claims.

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Rats, ship: Even far-right channel Newsmax is cutting ties with Mike Lindell https://t.co/taTE1y7bsi

— Salon (@Salon) October 21, 2021