Say Google is suppressing party’s messages
Bob Unruh
WND News Center
Big Tech in the United States already has a well-established reputation for leftist leanings, causes and agendas.
And now as the 2022 midterm elections approach it’s being accused of using its power to suppress an ideology with which it disagrees again.
Fox News reports the Republican National Committee is accusing Google of suppressing emails, get-out-the-vote and fundraising messages both, by sending the information to users’ spam folders.
Legal action is a possibility because of the clear “pattern of abuse,” the Fox report said.
“According to RNC officials, emails being sent by the RNC to Republican subscribers who use Gmail accounts in the final days of each month are being sent to spam folders,” the report said.” An RNC official told Fox News Digital that since Sept. 28, Gmail has ‘suppressed’ more than 22 million RNC emails — 358,000 of which were GOTV emails.”
Gmail spammed more than 3.1 million RNC emails on Sept. 28, the report said, and the next day attacked another 9.8 million RNC emails. Nearly 10 million more were hit as the month closed.
An RNC official told Fox Republicans have been raising the issue with Google for months, and essentially have not gotten a response.
“Our emails have been suppressed despite concrete changes that have improved overall performance,” said one RNC officials.
Officials have said the problem is particularly severe right at the end of the month.
Ronna McDaniel, chair of the RNC, said, in the report, “Every single month, like clockwork, Google suppresses important GOTV and fundraising emails at the end of the month, with zero explanation nor commitment from Google to resolve this issue. We are less than 40 days out from Election Day, and important GOTV emails to our opted-in voters in states that have already started early voting are being systematically sent to spam.”
Republican Party officials have explained the situation simply is Google’s “illegal corporate contribution to Democrat candidates.”
Republican officials have urged the Federal Election Commission to complete an investigation.
Google has claimed that any political affiliation doesn’t affect how emails are handled, but members of the GOP have cited a study by North Carolina State University, where the researchers discovered Gmail allows the vast majority of emails from the Democratic Party to land in the user’s inbox while more than two-thirds of messages from conservative candidates “are marked as spam.”
A Halloween display for a good cause
Ben and Trish Roussel create a Halloween Haunt for neighbors and other visitors, and also ask for donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through the Skeletons for St. Jude” campaign.
Democrat Joe Kear and Republican Paul Harris are vying for the seat in the Washington State Legislature in the Nov. 8 general election.
What is Congressional candidate’s actual name?
The legal name Marie Gluesenkamp Perez does not appear to exist.
Steinbach brothers persevere, lead Heritage football through tough times
The losses pile up at Heritage on the football field, but there is plenty of character building off the field, thanks to the leadership of twin brothers Austin and Tate Steinbach.
Opinion: What is causing the increase in catastrophic wildfires?
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center explains that using catastrophic fire to justify climate policy is about political messaging, and is not a strategy that will reduce the habitat and health risks from those fires.
Biden admin defends kicking out 20,000 active troops over vaccine
The Biden administration defended its decision to discharge nearly 20,000 healthy U.S. troops for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine despite dangerously low recruitment numbers.
High school football Week 6: Mountain View, Prairie desperate for league win
The playoffs have not arrived, but there is a playoff-vibe for the Mountain View vs. Prairie game in the Class 3A Greater St. Helens League