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Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu tears into Republican colleagues during Google hearing: 'If you want positive search results, do positive things'
Joe Perticone
Dec. 11, 2018, 1:34 PM
Rep. Ted Lieu.
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- During a hearing on Tuesday with the CEO of Google, Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California went after a Republican colleague with a history of making racist remarks.
- Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who has repeatedly gotten in hot water over his insensitive comments about race, recently won reelection.
WASHINGTON — A Democratic representative went after a Republican colleague on Tuesday during a hearingwith the CEO of Google, citing negative search results about a congressman who has repeatedly been accused of making racist remarks.
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing in which Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified, Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California singled out Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who recently saw many high-profile donors retreat from supporting him in the wake of increased scrutiny over his remarks and actions.
Read more: Republicans and high-profile donors are suddenly abandoning Steve King after years of racial insensitivity
Lieu read headlines from a Google search about House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. Noting that the first few articles about Scalise were favorable to him and included those from conservative media outlets, Lieu asked Pichai whether people at Google were manipulating those results to favor Scalise.
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