When reporters and pundits are not busy getting the story wrong or parroting Chinese Communist Party propaganda, they are busy ridiculing the Trump administration and the individuals it has enlisted to help with emergency relief efforts.
Consider the case of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
He has overhauled his facilities in Minnesota so that roughly 75% of his company’s production is focused now on making cotton face masks for healthcare workers. On Monday, during a White House press briefing in the Rose Garden, Lindell announced he plans to increase the production of face masks, which will not be available to the public for purchase, from 10,000 a day to 50,000.
“God gave us grace on Nov. 8, 2016,” the CEO said in reference to the 2016 presidential election, “to change the course we were on. God had been taken out of our schools and lives."
He added, "A nation had turned its back on God. And I encourage you: Use this time at home to get — home to get back in the word, read our Bibles, and spend time with our families.”
Rather than applaud Lindell’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, members of the press banded together to mock him, the administration, MyPillow, and the CEO’s references to the Bible.
First, there were the commentators.
“[P]lease tell me this is a prank,” said MSNBC host Joy Reid. “Not a prank. Ok perfect. Everything is fine.” Her network colleagues were similarly distressed by the pro-Trump CEO's White House appearance.
“Trump just called the ‘My Pillow’ guy up to the podium in the Rose Garden. You cannot make this stuff up," complained host Ali Velshi.
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