You must have slept on it.
David Hogg, the survivor of the Parkland shooting, says he is giving up his role in the pillow company he launched to compete with Conservative MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell – and is returning to activism.
Hogg, 20, announced on Twitter on Saturday “Resigned and released all shares, any property rights and any control of Good Pillow LLC” with immediate effect.
“The reasons for my departure go entirely to my own personal commitments and I really wish (co-founder William LeGate) nothing but the best,” he wrote.
“Over the next few months, I will take some time to focus on my college studies and advance the gun violence movement along with March For Our Lives and staff.”
Hogg – who was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the 2018 slaughter – said in early February that he was working with LeGate, a technology entrepreneur, at a rival pillow company.
He argued that “progressive competition” could drive Lindell out of business, who hawks patent foam pillows in commercials.
The so-called pillow fight was met with ambivalence by Lindell himself, who told Axios that there was “nothing wrong with the competition that does not infringe anyone’s patent.”
About a week later, Hogg announced that he would take a leave of absence from his position as a board member for March For Our Lives.
In his tweets on Saturday, the Harvard University student said he realized he could not dedicate “100%” to his pillow company because of other commitments, including his school, family and activism.
“The reasons for my departure are entirely related to me and my own personal commitments, and I really wish Will nothing more than the best,” he wrote.
He said he would leave it to LeGate to fulfill his vision of building “an ethical company that produces products that people need, while creating well-paid jobs in the union and at the same time supporting social causes.” ”.
“Over the next few months, I’m going to take some time to focus on my college studies and advance the March For Our Lives and personal violence prevention movement.”