Cardone Capital CEO Grant Cardone discusses the economic plans of the presidential candidates, the corporate tax rate, Google flagging his company’s campaign and Harris’ plans to buy new homes.
Grant Cardone, a famous real estate investor and private equity fund manager, has been uploading business videos and money-making ads to Google-owned YouTube since 2007.
But over the past six months, more vocal support for former President Donald Trump and discussions about his policies with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris have reportedly landed him in hot water. Cardone says Google “immediately” flagged his content over Trump’s image, and waited about two weeks before flagging content involving Harris.
“We’re not starting to advertise. We’re marching on what’s happened in the last eight or nine months since I became Trump’s strongest advocate again. [have] be open about that,” Cardone told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
“We were running ad ads on the new YouTube channel – again, we weren’t selling a product or service – and it was just to let people know about 10X Studios. [YouTube] channel that is business content to help Americans learn new ways to be entrepreneurs and manage money and business.”
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“We’ve had a lot of account suspensions, ad disapprovals that have been going on for 18 months, in the last six months,” Cardone Enterprises President Jarrod Glandt also told Fox Digital.
10X founder Grant Cardone and Cardone Enterprises President Jarrod Glandt spoke to Fox News Digital about the allegations that they were scrutinized for ads on Google’s social media platforms. (Getty Images)
“We just had two more accounts set up on Monday on Meta and Google than we’ve had in the last 10 years of online traffic,” Glandt said. “I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve had outside agencies look into it. They can’t figure it out. It makes no sense.”
In a now-viral Instagram reel posted earlier this month, Cardone explained how his 10X Studios account uploaded the first 10X-branded ad, when Google’s automatic review said the video was “ineligible” for monetization due to ” of election advertising,” until then. Cardone allegedly changed the video’s title and one icon to include Kamala Harris. The version with Harris started on Sept. 4 to Sept. 11, and Google didn’t flag and remove that ad until Sept. 17, Cardone said.
“[We] they simply drive traffic awareness to the free channel. So we couldn’t figure out what it was. And then I said, ‘Hey, is there any chance it’s a Trump icon? … Take out Trump’s picture and replace it [Harris],'” he explained.
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“To be clear, it wasn’t even a Trump icon in the main ad, it was a 60-second ad or so. And there was a clip of us scanning the content type [10X] page. “And out of about 25 video icons that were there, one of them had a picture of Trump on it,” Glandt said.
Cardone added that “for the record, I am not associated with [Trump] campaign. I am a liberal American who is concerned about the direction of our country. And I think Donald Trump is the best choice for what’s going on right now in our country, especially with our economy. “
In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, a Google spokesperson said “this issue was resolved weeks ago,” and an election advertising verification process is required for any advertiser wishing to run ads that reference or include images of political candidates.
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“Under our policies, both of these ads should have been disallowed because the advertiser has not completed our election advertising verification process. The second ad was mistakenly approved at first and has since been blocked. Our policies are designed to treat all advertisers equally, regardless. Political affiliation From time to time our systems make mistakes, and we fix them as soon as we see them.
Google has also come under federal scrutiny as the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit earlier this month against the company over its alleged monopoly in the advertising industry.
In addition, just this week, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., launched an investigation into Google and Meta for allegedly listening in on Cox users’ phone calls and embedding ads in their conversations.
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When asked if he had a Google message, Cardone explained why they shouldn’t interfere.
“Get out of my business and let me express my politics and express my political views as I wish,” he said. “We’re trying to provide people with good jobs, good opportunities, and our companies help Americans get their money right. We do this without government funding… I want to spend money with your company. Don’t punish me. And if you’re going to punish me, just tell me you don’t want my money.”
The recent experience in the YouTube and Google Ads “100%” advertising platform pushed Cardone and his 10X products to consider posting exclusively on free sites that are ready to talk like Rumble and now X under the ownership of Elon Musk.
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“We’re getting great support from the American people who believe in liberty and freedom of speech now more than ever,” Cardone said.
“Although some Americans tend to shy away from this because it hurts them for a moment, it seems to us that our customer base is growing and we are almost fanatical, if you will, to support those people who are willing to stand up again. have a voice despite the potential pain in their business.”
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