If there has ever been a story that sounds like it’s straight from the satire site The Babylon Bee, this is it. David Hogg, a “survivor” of the 2018 mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who went on to become a gun-control activist and an “expert” on pretty much everything else, has announced the launch of a pillow company to compete with MyPillow, founded CEO Mike Lindell, an avid supporter of Donald Trump.
Parkland survivor David Hogg taking on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell https://t.co/oUDY7mJowS pic.twitter.com/HnNsCudbVg
— New York Post (@nypost) February 5, 2021
The 20-year-old Hogg said in a Thursday tweet he’s teaming up with 26-year-old software engineer William LeGate, in an effort to create a “progressive pillow company.”
“William LeGate and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow run a better business, and help make the world a better place while doing it.”
“Progressive pillows.” Wanna bet they promise more than they deliver?
.@williamlegate and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 4, 2021
Hogg tweeted about Lindell “commenting on his soon to be progressive competition,” as if Lindell is concerned. Yeah, no. What Lindell did tell Axios was simply: “Good for them. Nothing wrong with competition that does not infringe on someone’s patent.”
“Mike ‘the my pillow [sic] guy’ is commenting on his soon to be progressive competition in the form of a progressive pillow company @williamlegate and I are starting.”
“This pillow fight just got very real,” Hogg tweeted. Catchy.
Mike the “my pillow guy” is commenting on his soon too be progressive competition in the form of a progressive pillow company @williamlegate and I are starting.
This pillow fight just got very real @williamlegate https://t.co/jSNrUit1ZB
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 4, 2021
Among the multiple tweets Hogg fired off was one in which announced “key parts of the company,” in a shot at both Lindell and Trump.
Key parts of the company
-Union made in America to create good jobs that support American families.
-Have an emphasis on supporting progressive causes
Not attempt a white supremacist overthrow of the United States government
“So you can sleep at night.” With a “sleepy” emoji. Cute.
Key parts of the company
-Union made in America to create good jobs that support American families.
-Have an emphasis on supporting progressive causes
-Not attempt a white supremacist overthrow of the United States governmentSo you can sleep at night 😌
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 4, 2021
Lindell became somewhat of a mainstay in the news in the aftermath of the election, from reportedly urging Trump to declare martial law, to lawsuit threats from Dominion voting systems, to a crazy interview on Newsmax TV — to MyPillow products discontinued by major realtors. And like Trump, his Twitter account has been permanently suspended.
Oh — I almost forgot. Hogg has already run into a bit of a snag.
I NEED A UNIONIZED PILLOW MANUFACTURER IN THE US
We’re having a hard time finding one
If you know one PLEASE dm
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 5, 2021
Know doubt Mr. Know-it-All will get that pesky little problem out the way in no time.
And then? Let the pillow fight begin! For real.
Babylon Bee, you ain’t got nothin’ on real-life craziness.
