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My Pillow's Lindell, film crew denied entry to Canada en route to back COVID 'convoy' protesters

The MyPillow CEO was attempting to bring thousands of pillows to the Freedom Convoy.

Published: February 17, 2022 7:50am

Updated: February 17, 2022 8:31am

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and his truck full of thousands of pillows have been denied entry into Canada, in his effort to help the Ottawa Freedom Convoy protesters.

The National Post reports that Lindell and a videographer were stopped Tuesday night at the Port Huron-Sarnia border crossing with more than "10,000 pillows" including 1,000 "Bible pillows" in tow. 

Lindell, a strong supporter of former President Trump, was reportedly turned away because he is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and had not procured a negative PCR test.

Canadian border rules require foreign visitors to have at least two COVID vaccine doses and a negative COVID test taken within the last three days.

Lindell, also staunch supporter of the truckers, protesting national COVID restrictions, in a recent Facebook video heaped praise upon the truckers and said, "They can’t stop because they’ve got to completely get their freedoms back."

Right Side Broadcasting Network's film crew, which had accompanied Lindell and his pillow truck to the border, were also stopped and detained as they attempted to cross Ambassador Bridge into Ontario.

"RSBN's film crew was temporarily detained at the Canadian border on Tuesday evening and was released shortly thereafter," the company said in a statement. "RSBN’s film crew was temporarily detained at the Canadian border on Tuesday evening and was released shortly thereafter. However, they were denied entry to Canada due to Covid-19 protocols and returned to the United States."

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