Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is really grasping at straws now. After his abysmal performance in the first presidential debate, one of the targets of his blame is now … Google.
New Republican Conspiracy Theory – Blame Google
In an appearance at a (very white) rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the Republican nominee decided to try to blame moderator Lester Holt and Google for his failure.
He told a group of supporters:
“… The Google search engine was suppressing bad news about Hillary Clinton.”
This is asinine. Open a new tab and type something negative about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton into Google right now, then come back here. Just pick anything – she’s been a target for over decades, so it shouldn’t be hard to think of something. I’ll wait.
Welcome back. How many millions of results did you get? That’s what I thought.
The idea that Google is somehow in cahoots with the Clinton campaign is ridiculous. As reported by the Guardian:
“Neither Google nor the Trump campaign responded to requests for comment on this accusation, which seems to stem from a report in Sputnik News, a Russian state propaganda outlet. The reference to Google did not appear to be ad libbed as it was in Trump’s prepared remarks.”
So it came from Russian propaganda, and it was not some “Trumpian” off-the-cuff remark. Of course, this is straight from the Republican playbook – make a statement knowing that people will just repeat it without checking it, then just let it sit out there and fester.
Trump Flip-Flopped On Lester Holt, Too
Not only is the Republican nominee paranoid about Google, he’s also upset about Lester Holt.
Immediately after the debate, Trump was singing Holt’s praises:
“‘I thought Lester did a great job. Honestly, I thought Lester did a great job,’ Trump told CNNMoney shortly after the debate was over.
When asked if the questions had been fair, Trump replied: ‘Yeah, I thought it was very fair.’
Trump’s positive assessment of the moderator was matched by his own campaign manager, who said Holt ‘did a great job as a moderator under tough circumstances,’ as well as many media critics and observers on social media.”
However, his tune later changed, perhaps after his tiny brain grasped the fact that he was actually eviscerated by Clinton in the debate.
He told Bill O’Reilly:
“…When I saw all the commentary … I realized he was much, much tougher on me than he was on Hillary.”
Apparently, Trump doesn’t know what to think until his hordes of racist supporters tell him what to think.
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