Trump is now falsely claiming that Google changed millions his votes to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
Trump tweeted:
Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election! This was put out by a Clinton supporter, not a Trump Supporter! Google should be sued. My victory was even bigger than thought! @JudicialWatch
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2019
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Trump has been claiming that Google is out to get him for weeks after Fox News aired a segment about Google bias against Trump a couple of weeks ago. Trump got his information from Judicial Watch, which is a far-right outlet that has buried itself up Trump’s backside by spreading conspiracy theories.
Trump has also accused Google of sabotaging his campaign.
The president’s conspiracy theory makes no sense. Google can’t manipulate votes. Google has no access to the voting system. Trump is confusing search engine results with voting. Google uses SEO algorithms to display relevant search engine results to users. None of this has anything to do with voting. Nothing that Google does can change a vote that has been cast. Google can’t manipulate votes, unlike a certain foreign government that supported Trump in 2016 that gained access to state voting systems.
Trump can’t handle that he lost the popular vote. He is still trying to figure out a way to delegitimize Clinton’s win. Hillary Clinton won. Donald Trump lost
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