Donald Trump appears at a Noticias Univision presidential town hall in Miami on October 16, 2024. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Portraying Univision as a crucial political tool for Republicans, President Donald Trump is publicly pressing Google to restore access to Univision on the YouTube TV streaming platform.
YouTube TV dropped Univision’s channels almost a week ago when the two companies could not reach an agreement about a new carriage contract.
Having the leading Spanish language broadcaster in the United States blacked out on YouTube TV “is VERY BAD for Republicans in the upcoming Midterms,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday night.
Trump urged Google, “for the purpose of FAIRNESS,” to “please let Univision back!”
The post was another example of Trump