The campaign arms of the House and Senate Republicans alleged to the Federal Trade Commission that Google was suppressing their emails to supporters, routing them to spam folders.

A joint letter from National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) asked FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate Google and its Gmail servers, alleging bias against conservative subscribers. The letter marks a departure from the brief detente between conservatives and Big Tech, who appeared to be warming to each other after some overtures by Big Tech heads toward President Donald Trump.