Thoughts on Mike Lindell at the White House

Look, I get that of the four corporate CEOs who came to the podium to talk about what their companies were doing to address the coronavirus crisis, he was the only one who did what he did: strongly suggest that Trump's 2016 election was a sign of God's grace. That was indeed a cringe-worthy moment. But the guy has made no secret of being a die-hard Trumpist for a long time. Yes, it bothers me. It diminishes what is otherwise a remarkable success story on a number of levels. I think he is a serious Christian. He attributes his recovery from crack cocaine addiction to God's grace. He then embarked on a classic American entrepreneurial undertaking. He'd been thinking about why so many people don't get a good night's sleep, researched the matter, and then developed his line of My Pillow products. He then hired hundreds of his fellow Minnesotans to make them. He also has an appealing, infectious personality.

And now, he, like the other three CEOs, is engaged in the not-small project of changing his manufacturing processes so as to dedicate them to make products that can help people with this horrible disease.

Along with the people unwilling to cut him some slack for being a Trumpist, I have seen, on Twitter, some objection to him speaking about the grace of God in the most publicly owned place of all: the White House. These atheists, or secular humanists or whatever they are, want to use precious moments in this time of national urgency to get into some nonsense about separation of church and state.

Drop it. He, like the others, deserves our admiration.

And speaking of yesterday's briefing, I am aware that CNN's Jim Acosta has a history of being obnoxious at White House pressers, and he did not need to be provocative yesterday. That said, all he did was read past statements by Trump about coronavirus back to him, so the argument could be made that it was fair from a journalistic standpoint. And, true to form, the Very Stable Genius blew a chance to be the bigger person, and instead went for the venomous insult.

That little episode sullied the vibe of national unity that had been established immediately beforehand. Both of you boys need to go to your corners for a time out.