Mike Lindell Begs for Last-Minute Donations Before Election Launch

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell begged his supporters for last-minute donations ahead of his election monitoring Monday night.

Lindell, a loyal ally to former President Donald Trump, has been hit with financial woes, telling supporters last week he does not "have any more money." Lindell has been a vocal proponent of Trump's unproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him via widespread voter fraud, previously saying that he has spent $40 million of his own money trying to overturn the election.

But he suffered financial losses over his embrace of Trump's election fraud claims, as MyPillow was dropped from several retailers. Lindell has said his company lost $100 million amid what he previously described as a "massive, massive cancellation" in an interview with Minnesota newspaper the Star Tribune. He is also facing defamation cases brought by voting machine manufacturers Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic and by Eric Coomer, a former Dominion employee.

Facing financial pressure, Lindell asked his supporters to donate to him ahead of Tuesday's elections.

Millions of Americans from at least 37 states will head to the polls Tuesday to vote in statewide and local races. Among the most notable elections are gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi, legislative races in New Jersey and Virginia, and a ballot question deciding abortion rights in Ohio.

Lindell announced plans to "secure" the elections in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, Monday night. He said he planned to cover these elections, including reporting on "wireless monitoring devices."

Lindell asked his supporters to make donations to help his efforts saying that his team needs "resources now to get this to the finish line."

"Right now, we could use your help," he said, urging his followers to "put in a donation to help us out."

Newsweek reached out to MyPillow for comment via email.

The "wireless monitoring devices" touted by Lindell are designed to detect whether voting machines are connected to the internet and were sent, without charge, to election officials in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri ahead of Tuesday's elections, ABC News reported. Lindell told the network each device cost him $500 to manufacture, adding to his financial troubles.

But it remains unclear whether any officials will use the devices, as many have raised concerns about the legality of using unapproved election devices, according to ABC News.

Lindell previously defended himself against the backlash to his support of election fraud theories on his show, The Lindell Report, last month, describing the response as a "full-blown attack" on himself and MyPillow.

"I feel like we're in this major battle, which we are, but we're getting through it," Lindell said. "There's light at the end of these attacks, and we are going to win."