Google Search’s Autocorrect Feature Appears to Memory-Hole Trump Assassination Attempt

Conspiracy theories about the shooting of Trump have spread widely on the internet, including that the attack was staged, or that he was never struck with a bullet at all.

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President Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 at Butler, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Google search engine’s autocorrect feature appears to be avoiding any mention of the assassination attempt against President Trump, instead directing those searching to lesser-known attempts against the likes of President Truman in 1950 and Reggae singer Bob Marley in the 1970s. Trump’s brush with death is the first assassination attempt on an American president in more than 40 years. 

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