Cardone Capital CEO Grant Cardone talks presidential candidates’ economic plans, the corporate tax rate, Google flagging his company’s campaign, and Harris’ plans for first-time homebuyers.
Grant Cardone, a famous real estate investor and private equity fund manager, has been uploading entrepreneurial videos and monetized ads to Google-owned YouTube since 2007.
But over the past six months, his and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ increasingly vocal support for former President Donald Trump and discussions of their respective policies on their social platforms have reportedly landed him in trouble. Cardone says Google “immediately” flagged his content about a photo of Trump, and waited nearly two weeks before flagging content depicting Harris.
“We’re not new to publicity. We’re new to what’s happened in the last eight or nine months since I became a strong Trump supporter and [have] become more public about it,” Cardone told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
“We were sending ad traffic to a new YouTube channel (again, we weren’t selling a product or service) and the goal was to let people know about this 10X Studios [YouTube] channel that is basically entrepreneurial content to help Americans learn new ways to become entrepreneurs and manage money and business.”
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“We have had multiple account suspensions and disapprovals for ads that have been running for 18 months, over the last six months,” Cardone Enterprises president Jarrod Glandt also told Fox Digital.
10X co-founder Grant Cardone and Cardone Enterprises president Jarrod Glandt spoke to Fox News Digital about their alleged ad censorship on Google platforms. (Getty Images)
“We just had two more suspended accounts on both Meta and Google on Monday than we have in the last 10 years of running online traffic,” Glandt said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve had outside agencies look into it. They can’t figure it out. It’s completely absurd.”
In a now-viral Instagram video posted earlier this month, Cardone explained how his 10X Studios account had uploaded an original 10X-branded ad, when an automated review by Google said the video was “ineligible” for monetization due to “election advertising,” until Cardone allegedly changed the title and thumbnail of a video to include Kamala Harris. The version featuring Harris ran from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11, and Google didn’t flag and remove the ad until Sept. 17, Cardone said.
“[We] they are simply pushing traffic awareness on a free channel. So we couldn’t figure out what it was. And then I said, ‘Hey, is there any chance that’s Trump’s thumbnail? … Take away the image of Trump and replace it with [Harris]'” he explained.
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“For clarity, it wasn’t even a thumbnail of Trump in the main ad, it was about a 60-second ad. And there was a clip where we were looking at the type of content that was in the main ad. [10X] page. And out of probably 25 video thumbnails that were there, one had Trump’s photo on it,” Glandt explained.
Cardone added “for the record, I am not associated with the [Trump] countryside. I am a free American 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, particularly as it relates to our economy.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Google spokesperson said that “this issue was resolved weeks ago” and that the election advertising review process is required for any advertiser who wants to run ads that reference or include images of candidates politicians.
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“Under our policies, both of these ads should have been disapproved because the advertiser did not complete our election ad review process. The second ad was initially approved in error and has since been blocked. Our policies are designed to treat all advertisers equally, regardless of political affiliation. Occasionally our systems make errors and we correct them as soon as we spot 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 power in the advertising technology industry.
Also, just this week, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has launched an investigation at Google and Meta for reportedly listening to Cox users’ phone calls and tailoring ads to their conversations.
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When asked if he had a message for Google, Cardone explained why they shouldn’t interfere.
“Stay out of my business and let me express my politics and express my political opinions the way I want,” he said. “We’re trying to give people great jobs, great opportunities, and our companies are helping Americans get the right money. We do it without government funding… I want to spend money with your company. Don’t penalize me. And if you want penalize me, just tell me you don’t want my money.”
Recent experience on the YouTube and Google Ads platforms has “100%” pushed Cardone and his 10X brands to consider posting exclusively on more free speech sites like Rumble and now X under Elon Musk’s ownership.
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“We’re getting more positive support from Americans who believe in freedom and free speech right now than we’ve ever had,” Cardone said.
“While some Americans tend to shy away from this because it hurts them for a second, it seems to us that our customer base is expanding and becoming almost fanatical, so to speak, in support of those people who are willing to take a stand and have say despite the possible pain to their affairs.”