{"id":122896,"date":"2021-02-10T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122896"},"modified":"2021-02-10T07:57:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:57:45","slug":"this-is-embarrassing-march-for-our-lives-co-founder-shreds-david-hogg-for-pillow-grift-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-embarrassing-march-for-our-lives-co-founder-shreds-david-hogg-for-pillow-grift-company\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Embarrassing\u2019: March For Our Lives Co-Founder Shreds David Hogg For \u2018Pillow Grift\u2019 Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-embarrassing-march-for-our-lives-co-founder-shreds-david-hogg-for-pillow-grift-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/David-Hogg-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A co-founder of March For Our Lives slammed activist David Hogg on Tuesday for starting a pillow company, saying that Hogg\u2019s anti-gun activism has evolved into a \u201cpillow grift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Kasky made the remarks on Twitter without directly using Hogg\u2019s name but it was clear who he was talking about. Kasky\u2019s tweet came as Hogg\u2019s new pillow company trended at the top of Twitter late on Tuesday after he tweeted about the company dozens of times. Hogg claimed he created his company to challenge Mike Lindell\u2019s MyPillow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those of you who marched, donated, lobbied, and called for change\u2026 I\u2019m so sorry this is what it turned into. This is embarrassing,\u201d Kasky wrote. \u201cBut, welcome to America, everything ends up a grift.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But, welcome to America, everything ends up a grift.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cam (@cameron_kasky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_kasky\/status\/1359307238003900416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kasky later <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/fCEsJ#selection-3445.0-3445.45\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter that he \u201cwas offered free shares\u201d but \u201cturned them down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCredit where credit is due, if I had a ton of good press and attention for getting harassed by a certified loony toon, I\u2019d probably try to make some money off of it too!\u201d Kasky said in reference to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/27\/politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-david-hogg-video\/index.html\">berating<\/a> Hogg in a video from a couple of years ago that recently went viral.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Credit where credit is due, if I had a ton of good press and attention for getting harassed by a certified loony toon, I\u2019d probably try to make some money off of it too!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cam (@cameron_kasky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_kasky\/status\/1359359475161968640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo those of you claiming I\u2019m \u2018jealous\u2019 about the pillow grift, I was actually offered free shares as soon as I started tweeting about it,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/rijBR\">continued<\/a>. \u201cI just declined because while I\u2019m kind of a grifter, I\u2019m not that much of a grifter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent so much time promising people this wasn\u2019t going to turn into a cash grab,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/gyYqz\">added<\/a>. \u201cI am applying my clown makeup with the shame I deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In replies to other people\u2019s tweets, Kasky made clear that he was talking about Hogg and Hogg\u2019s pillow company.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg\u2019s business partner responded to Kasky, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s ok to admit you\u2019re jealous, cam. David isn\u2019t defined by the tragedy you both went thru. At this point, you\u2019re literally just being a bully &amp; everything you claim to hate. We\u2019ll donate millions to good causes \u2013 will you still hate on us then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so f***ing embarrassing dude,\u201d Kasky responded. \u201cSo shocking that David hasn\u2019t googled you yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kasky further continued to mock the company on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1359362915518853123\">writing<\/a>: \u201cTrying to surround myself with yes men and monetize my Twitter account by pretending that a Republican company creating a common household item has literally not competition please apply here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his Instagram account, Kasky wrote: \u201cWith the 3 year anniversary of the March For Our Lives coming up next month, I would just like to express my gratitude for all of those who have marched, advocated, for gun safety legislation, and created companies to monetize their Twitter accounts in order to create a safer America.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2wx7I13lX\">pic.twitter.com\/N2wx7I13lX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1359359513158012929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A co-founder of March For Our Lives slammed activist David Hogg on Tuesday for starting a pillow company, saying that Hogg\u2019s anti-gun activism has evolved into a \u201cpillow grift.\u201d Cameron &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893059,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4684,4044,6110,4216,3890,5942],"class_list":["post-122896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-co-founder","tag-david","tag-embarrassing","tag-lives","tag-march","tag-shreds"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}