Ronna McDaniel is worried about the world. Mostly, as chair of the RNC, she’s worried about the fact that Google is, based on her theory, suppressing right-wing voices. While there hasn’t been a lot of actual proof of that—it’s mostly anecdotal conspiracy theories—it doesn’t stop the RNC chair from screaming it loudly and calling for the tech giant to be called to task.
Don’t get me wrong: I find it interesting and useful to have Republicans so interested in regulations, and, potentially, in breaking up monopolies. It would be an interesting discussion to have. While most of this boils down to programming and data modeling to show consumers in markets what they think will generate the most clicks, Republicans love the talking point. When the talking point meets a real, actual problem, however, they have absolutely no answer.