Key Google Feature Omits Search Results For Trump Assassination Attempt

A key Google feature is failing to show results for the attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, prompting lawmakers to open an investigation.

Google users noticed that the search giant’s “autocomplete” option was seemingly omitting search results for the assassination of former President Donald Trump. Despite global interest in the event, Google’s autocomplete feature instead offers results for far lesser discussed topics such as “Truman assassination attempt.”

There are also no search results that auto fill “Trump” when users type “assassination attempt of.”

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The same thing appears to be happening on other popular search engines like Bing and DuckDuckGo. Both sites are showing results for “trump associates who have been convicted,” while omitting results from what has been the top news story in the world for more than two weeks.

Trending Politics News was able to confirm that the anomaly is occurring on Bing and DuckDuckGo.

The New York Post tested the phenomenon and was able to confirm that it is indeed occurring on Google.

“The Post performed a series of test Google searches with the last names of US presidents who were killed or faced attempts on their lives followed by the letters “assassi” to see what autocomplete suggested, including John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt,” the outlet reported.

“In each instance, a helpful list of recommended search terms related to the attempts on their lives sprang into view. However, when Trump’s name was used Autocomplete offered no suggestions whatsoever.”

Google even fails to offer additional search results when users type in “Trump assassination attempt” in full.

In a statement to the New York Post, a Google spokesperson claimed that there was no “manual action taken on these predictions,” and that its systems include “protections” against Autocomplete predictions “associated with political violence.”

We’re working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date. Of course, Autocomplete is just a tool to help people save time, and they can still search for anything they want to. Following this terrible act, people turned to Google to find high quality information– we connected them with helpful results, and will continue to do so,” the spokesperson said.

The phenomenon caught the attention of a number of Republican lawmakers, as well as Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s oldest son.

“Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable,” Trump Jr. wrote in an X post.

“Can verify,” said U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) alongside results for his own search attempt.

Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) has called for a Senate investigation and stated that he intends to open a formal inquiry.

“Why is Google suppressing the search about the Trump assassination attempt? These are all screenshots from this morning. Has there been a dramatic increase in Truman biographers in the last two weeks?” the senator asked.

“I look forward to hearing their response.”

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