Days after pro-Trump businessman Mike Lindell was escorted out of a Republican Governors Association conference in Nashville, TN Vernon Jones is coming to his defense. Jones, a Democrat-turned-Republican, is running to unseat Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after his mishandling of the 2020 election.
Jones tweeted that in a gesture of support for Lindell and as a barb to Governor Kemp he was ordering a box of MyPillows and having them shipped to the Governor’s mansion.
Yesterday, @BrianKempGA had MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell escorted out of an event for criticisms he made re: his handling of the election.
So today, I’m taking a stand against Cancel Culture and showing support for #MyPillow by sending a box of MyPillows to the Governor’s Mansion.
— Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) May 27, 2021
The move comes after Governor Kemp played a hand in having Lindell’s credentials revoked from the RGA conference despite previously being invited and given confidential information about the conference agenda. Lindell was turned away by an RGA staff member who informed him that that the event was for members only. Later, Lindell was also kept from joining transportation to the governor’s mansion for an RGA dinner despite previously being invited.
Before traveling to Nashville for the RGA event, Lindell joined Steve Bannon’s podcast where she said he hoped to confront Governor Kemp and Arizona Governor Ducey over the weekend to discuss the 2020 election.
“I don’t know how you sleep well at night, Doug,” Lindell said on Bannon’s podcast. “And Kemp’s even worse.”
Lindell said, “I hope I get him one-on-one tonight, him and Doug, and be able to say, ‘Why, why would you do this to America?'”
Jones tweeted that Kemp was wrong to have Lindell removed simply over their difference in opinion, noting the move is straight of a liberal’s playbook.
Conservatives don’t cancel folks for having differences of opinions. Liberals do.
And conservatives certainly don’t have patriots kicked out of their events.
— Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) May 27, 2021