Mike Lindell, a Chaska-based company, offered discounts for his bedroom products with the promotional code ‘Qanon’, a day after receiving the news for a White House in which he made proposals on how President Trump could retain power.
Bring Me The News checked the website and found that “Qanon” was indeed an active coupon code from 18:45 on Saturday, and entering it at checkout triggered MyPillow’s price reductions.
The code came to the attention of former Minnesota GOP Vice President Michael Brodkorb. who posted about it on Twitter, and further investigation by QAnonAnonymous podcaster Julian Feeld found that ‘Q’ is also a promotional code that works, as well as the Qanon-related term ‘storm’.
At 22:15 ‘Qanon’ no longer works as a code on the site, although ‘Q’ and ‘storm’ continue to work.
It should be noted that there are many words that serve as promotional codes for the website, which is not surprising as discounts are a big part of MyPillow’s marketing strategy. Words that successfully activate the same discount as ‘Qanon’ include ‘Minnesota’, ‘Lindell’, ‘Apple’, ‘Sale’, ‘Dog’ and ‘Free’.
But BMTN tried several other words and phrases that did not activate the discount.
Qanon promotes the false and extreme narrative that claims that a shady cabal of satanic pedophiles trades a global child trafficking and plots against Donald Donald, with the movement led by an anonymous individual known only as ‘Q’ which is apparently the “deep state” from within.
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The conspiracy cult has become prominent over the past few years, and some of its believers were among those involved in the January 6 uprising of the US Capitol.
Lindell, who said he was considering a candidate for governor of Minnesota, was already in the news over the weekend after attending a brief meeting with President Trump on Friday. Before the meeting, a Washington Post photographer took a picture of the notes Lindell brought to the White House.
It mentioned “martial law” and the “Insurrection Act”, with Lindell later telling the New York Times that he was providing the president with proof that the election was “stolen” by China and that Trump actually won by 10 million votes. won it.
Last year, Lindell was again in the news for the promotion of the unproven coronavirus-therapeutic Oleandrin, which he described as a ‘miracle cure’. It turned out that Lindell sits on the board of the company that makes it.
MyPillow employs 1,500 people, mostly in Minnesota, where the company is headquartered in Chaska, and has a factory in Shakopee.
BMTN released MyPillow for comment.