– On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump called for the prosecution of Google for displaying negative stories about him. The remarks are characteristic of the Republican nominee, who often vows retribution and elevates baseless claims of bias, but chilling nonetheless.
“It has been determined,” the Republican nominee posted on Truth Social, “that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris.
“This is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY,” he said, adding that, if the Justice Department does not “criminally prosecute” Google for election interference, he will “request their prosecution, at the maximum levels” if elected president.
The source of Trump’s claim appears to be the right-wing Media Research Center, which published a report on Wednesday covered this week by Fox News and The New York Post.
MRC’s report “analyzed the Sept. 6 Google search results” for the terms “donald trump presidential race 2024” and “kamala harris presidential race 2024.” The group alleges that the results favored outlets with “a history of leftist bias,” and that, while Trump’s campaign website appeared sixth in his search results, Harris’s campaign website appeared third in hers.
Dismissing MRC’s report, a Google spokesperson told Fox, “Both campaign websites consistently appear at the top of Search for relevant and common search queries. This report looked at a single rare search term on a single day several weeks ago, and even for that search, both candidates’ websites ranked in the top results on Google.”
Trump’s Truth Social post recalls his previous claims that Google search results are biased against him, which Google has denied.
It is also yet another example of Trump promising to prosecute his perceived political foes if he retakes the White House. Earlier this month, for example, Trump posted to Truth Social that, if he wins, “those people that CHEATED”—such as “Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials”—“will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences.”
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Lucky_Katydid on
Start with prosecuting Trump, then we’ll talk.
Naive_Inspection7723 on
We’re gonna need a lot more prisons if that dudes elected, he wants everybody locked up
Crazy-Nights on
At what point do his followers realize that for a guy who was president for 4 years and had over 3 years to prep to run again, doesn’t know what he’s talking about?
Apart-Pressure-3822 on
Maybe they felt the need to make up stories to get the media’s attention? 🤔
zonicide on
“And Then He Shit His Pants Again.”
B0wmanHall on
What law does it break?
tyris5624 on
Traitor
Daneyn on
So, Why doesn’t Trump, and his ‘army’ of lawyers go after google for something? Oh wait… probably because they can’t actually FIND any laws that have been broken. And he’s also probably running out of legal funds for something that would be EXCEEDINGLY costly to investigate and prove in a court. So, he’s trying to get the courts to do his dirty work. And I’m thinking Google has… one… or two… buildings worth of legal teams that would just bury them. Because google can afford reputable lawyers, where as Trump has to scrap the bottom because they are trying to avoid being in his orbit when he goes down.
Sea_Home_5968 on
He’s just gaslighting his fans into mania because he’s a narcissist whose ego got hurt after getting caught scamming. That quote “don’t go quietly into that dark night” is similar to what he’s doing.
If he can’t have it he doesn’t want anyone else to and it is total control.
He’s ruining his fans lives but also their families lives because they’re delusional.
It’s almost like he wants to destroy then repopulate the country with foreigners which is what the right wing fringe sites talk about but they say the democrats are trying to do that.
He’s using the uneducated and the sadistic in the know to do this. KGB deemed them “useful idiots” for a reason.
Doesn’t help that his close friend Ghislaines dad was kgb who got disappeared.
Wynndee on
Guess what, imma gonna google him saying this muaahahahaaha cant stop meeeeee
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As per [original article](https://newrepublic.com/post/186471/trump-proseuction-threat-bad-press-coverage) 📰:
– On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump called for the prosecution of Google for displaying negative stories about him. The remarks are characteristic of the Republican nominee, who often vows retribution and elevates baseless claims of bias, but chilling nonetheless.
“It has been determined,” the Republican nominee posted on Truth Social, “that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris.
“This is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY,” he said, adding that, if the Justice Department does not “criminally prosecute” Google for election interference, he will “request their prosecution, at the maximum levels” if elected president.
The source of Trump’s claim appears to be the right-wing Media Research Center, which published a report on Wednesday covered this week by Fox News and The New York Post.
MRC’s report “analyzed the Sept. 6 Google search results” for the terms “donald trump presidential race 2024” and “kamala harris presidential race 2024.” The group alleges that the results favored outlets with “a history of leftist bias,” and that, while Trump’s campaign website appeared sixth in his search results, Harris’s campaign website appeared third in hers.
Dismissing MRC’s report, a Google spokesperson told Fox, “Both campaign websites consistently appear at the top of Search for relevant and common search queries. This report looked at a single rare search term on a single day several weeks ago, and even for that search, both candidates’ websites ranked in the top results on Google.”
Trump’s Truth Social post recalls his previous claims that Google search results are biased against him, which Google has denied.
It is also yet another example of Trump promising to prosecute his perceived political foes if he retakes the White House. Earlier this month, for example, Trump posted to Truth Social that, if he wins, “those people that CHEATED”—such as “Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials”—“will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences.”
——
**For any new voters or voters with questions – from helping voters to register, verify their registration, request a mail-in ballot, sign up for election reminders, to finding their polling location and staying up to date on the laws or policies that affect their ability to vote – visit [Vote.org](https://www.vote.org) to learn everything you need to know about voting.** 🗳️✅
Start with prosecuting Trump, then we’ll talk.
We’re gonna need a lot more prisons if that dudes elected, he wants everybody locked up
At what point do his followers realize that for a guy who was president for 4 years and had over 3 years to prep to run again, doesn’t know what he’s talking about?
Maybe they felt the need to make up stories to get the media’s attention? 🤔
“And Then He Shit His Pants Again.”
What law does it break?
Traitor
So, Why doesn’t Trump, and his ‘army’ of lawyers go after google for something? Oh wait… probably because they can’t actually FIND any laws that have been broken. And he’s also probably running out of legal funds for something that would be EXCEEDINGLY costly to investigate and prove in a court. So, he’s trying to get the courts to do his dirty work. And I’m thinking Google has… one… or two… buildings worth of legal teams that would just bury them. Because google can afford reputable lawyers, where as Trump has to scrap the bottom because they are trying to avoid being in his orbit when he goes down.
He’s just gaslighting his fans into mania because he’s a narcissist whose ego got hurt after getting caught scamming. That quote “don’t go quietly into that dark night” is similar to what he’s doing.
If he can’t have it he doesn’t want anyone else to and it is total control.
He’s ruining his fans lives but also their families lives because they’re delusional.
It’s almost like he wants to destroy then repopulate the country with foreigners which is what the right wing fringe sites talk about but they say the democrats are trying to do that.
He’s using the uneducated and the sadistic in the know to do this. KGB deemed them “useful idiots” for a reason.
Doesn’t help that his close friend Ghislaines dad was kgb who got disappeared.
Guess what, imma gonna google him saying this muaahahahaaha cant stop meeeeee