The crushing power of the Google monopoly

Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard lambasted Google for directly interfering with American elections, and warned that Americans should be fully aware of the extent of the tech giant’s meddling.

“People need to know how much power a monopoly like Google has on directly influencing and interfering in our elections,” Gabbard said during an appearance Wednesday on retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink’s Jocko Podcast.

Gabbard spoke about how her campaign set up Google AdSense accounts in the early days of her presidential run in 2019 to prominently promote her campaign website in search results. She said she was the most searched candidate the night after the first Democratic primary debate in June 2019. “All of a sudden, our Google ad account was suspended with no explanation, no notice, no message,” she said on the podcast. “Literally nothing. Just crickets.”