I SHOULD.
27 MINUTES AFTER THE TOP OF THE
HOUR ONE OF AMERICA MOST
RECOGNIZABLE ENTREPRENEURS COULD
BE STEPPING INTO POLITICS.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> THERE'S SOMETHINGS GOING ON
YOU DON'T EVEN SEE AND I'LL TELL
YOU THIS I'M GOING TO DO SO MUCH
IN MINNESOTA OVER NEXT YEAR AND
A HALF YOU WON'T SEE ANY BLUE.
THAT WILL BE INTERESTING MY
PILLOW MIKE LEAVE PEOPLE
WONDERING IF HE'S GOING TO RUN
FOR OFFICE HE JOAN US NOW TO SET
THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
THE INVESTOR SELF-MADE
MULTIMILLIONAIRE CEO OF MY
PILLOW MIKE LINDELL MIKE SO
YOU'RE A MAN OF ACTION.
QEN THAT FOR SURE.
SO IS YOUR ACTION GOING TO TAKE
YOU TO TAKE ON ANOTHER
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR?
IN MINNESOTA --
>> WELL, WELL THE ANSWER IS NOT
AT THIS TIME.
I'VE THAT WAS KIND OF TAKEN ALL
OUT OF CONTEXT BUT I DID SAY
IF --
IF THE LORD WANTED ME TO RUN I
WOULD RUN, AND IT WAS LIKE ALL
OF THESE YESTERDAY I WAS
BOMBARDED IN THE NEWS THEY'RE
GOING WE HEARD YOU'RE WITH RUN
WE HEARD YOU'RE RUNNING --
I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.
BUT I'VE GOT SUCH A BIG PLATFORM
GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND I WANT
TO HELP THE PRESIDENT HELP --
HELP TURN MINNESOTA COMPLETELY
RED, AND GET RIGHT PEOPLE IN
OFFICE TO BE ONE OF THE AMAZING
STATES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> MR. MY PILL REYOU FEEL OMAR
LET DOWN THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA
IN WHAT WAY?
>> WELL I JUST THINK THAT THE,
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A DIFFERENT
THING SHE'S DONE, DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES WHERE MY BUSINESS IS
AT, AND I THINK GOING AGAINST
ISRAEL, AND THIS TO ME FOR ME MY
CHRISTIAN VALUE AND WHAT OUR
COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT AND I THINK
IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IN MY HOME
STATE.
YOU KNOW, I USED IT BE A
CRACK-COCAINE ADDICT I CAME OUT
OF THAT I GO WHAT'S GOING ON IN
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR STATE?
AND I HAD TO LEARN WILL ALL WHAT
A CONSERVATIVE WAS A LIBERAL WAS
WHAT I HAD TO LEARN ALL OF THIS
STUFF AND THEN I MET THE
PRESIDENT BEFORE HE WAS
PRESIDENT, AND ALL OF THE THINGS
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO AND
ALL IN AND THAT'S HOW I REALLY
GOT INVOLVED IN --
IN POLITICS WAS BECAUSE OF HIM
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT THE GOOD
THING THAT ARE GOING ON NOW THAT
HE TOLD ME BACK THEN WHEN WE MET
HE KEPT ALL OF HIS PROMISES AND
I WANT TO GET WORD OUT THAT
GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON
IN OUR STATE AND NOT FOCUSED ON
ANYBODY THAT IS DOING ANYTHING
THAT'S I THINK THEY ALL SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES SO THINGS THAT
THEY'RE DOING.
SM MIKE.
YOU ARE --
YOU HAVE LIVED THE AMERICAN DEEM
YOU KNOW YOU ARE AT ONE OF YOUR
WORST MOMENT I'M SURE WHEN
YOU'RE USING CRACK-COCAINE, AND
THEN NOW WE ALL HAVE YOUR PILLOW
ON OUR HEADS AND I WALK INTO BED
BATH AND YONGD ON TV SCREENS SO
WE KNOW YOUR STORY.
BUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT DOAPGHT
KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN YOU STARTED CRACK-COCAINE
AND LED YOU TO START DOING THIS
COMPANY?
>> IN EARLY 80s I WASES DOING
COCAINE AND I WAS A VERY
FUNCTIONING COCAINE ADDICT FOR
ABOUT 20 YEARS AND THAT SWITCHED
TO CRACK-COCAINE IN THE EARLY
2000 AND GOD GAVE ME AND IDEA
FOR THE PILLOW IN 2004 AND I PUT
EVERYTHING I HAD INTO IT AND
POURED EVERYTHING INTO IT AND
WHEN I GOT IT INVENTED I WAS
TURNED DOWN EVERYWHERE AND I DID
HOME SHOW AND FAIRS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT THE
MIDWEST.
GOING MAKING THEM AT NIGHT
SELLING THEM DURING DAY AND
FINAL I DID THAT FIRST
INFOMERCIAL AND QUIT EVERYTHING
GOD SET ME FREE OF DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL, EVERYTHING FOREVER.
BUT I DID MY FIRST INFOMERCIAL
IN 2011.
AND INTERESTING ENOUGH I
COULDN'T TALK TO PEOPLE WHEN I
COME OFF DRUGS WAS SHY LIKE A
FALSE COURAGE AND WHEN I WENT TO
DO THAT FIRST INFOMERCIAL I SAID
I WANT A FRIEND OF MINE AND WE
WERE DOING OUR READS NIGHT
BEFORE, AND THIS PRODUCER GUY
TEXT OTHER GUY HE GOES THIS IS
WORST I'VE EVER SEEN.
HE GOES HE'S NEVER GOING MAKE IT
ON TV, AND --
THE NEXT DAY I DID LIKE NINE
TAKES I WAS SO AFRAID, AND
FINALLY I SAID CAN WE JUST TAKE
THE TELEPROMPTER DUN AND LET ME
DO IT LIKE I DID IT AT THE
SHOWS, AND IF LAUNCHED OCTOBER
7, 2011 AND MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
FROM 5 EMPLOYEES TO 500 IN 40
DAYS.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
ALL IN YOUR BOOK WHAT ARE THE
ODDS FROM CRACK ADDICT TO CEO
PRESALING RIGHT NOW, AND TELL US
ABOUT THE COVER BECAUSE IT LOOKS
LIKE A HOLOGRAM WHERE YOU SEE
YOU --
AS THE CRACK ADDICT AND THEN IT
YOU MOVE THE BOOK A LITTLE BIT
AND YOU SEE YOU ARE TODAY.
>> YEAH.
THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN DRUG
DEALERS DID INTERVENTION ON ME,
AND I WAS UP FOR 14 DAY WEBSITE
AND THEY DID AN INTERVENTION
THEY SAID YOU KNOW WE'RE I
COULDN'T BUY CRACK ANYWHERE AND
THEY SAID, THEY GO --
MIKE YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US FOR
YORES THAT THIS PL LOW PLATFORM
FOR GOD AND YOU'RE GOING HELP TO
US WITH ADDICTIONS AND
EVERYTHING, AND SO I PUT MADE
THAT THAT A HOLOGRAM ON THE BOOK
AND BIG STORY IS I'M LAUNCHING
WITH HELP FROM THESE PRESALES
LAUNCHING IS CALLED LYNN DALE
RECOVERY NETWORK GOING TO HELP
REVOLUTION MILLIONS OF ADDICTS
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS, I WAS
THERE WHEN THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
THE OPIOID BILL THAT TIES INTO
THAT AND HIS FASHION TO GET RID
OF THIS --
OPIOID CRISIS AND THIS IS WHERE
I'M GOING.
>> MIKE LINDELL THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TELL YOUR STORY I GUESS
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE REAL HAPPY
TO KNOW TO SWITCH MINNESOTA RED.
THE STATE THAT GAVE US AL
FRANKEN AND GOVERNOR VENTURA NOW
YOU WANT TO CHAIN --
>> BUT ALSO GAVE US MY PILLOW
GOD IS SO GREAT A GREAT STORY.