Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini has, for the second consecutive year, displayed anti-American sentiments.
Once again, the Google AI chatbot sparked controversy surrounding America’s Independence Day by providing disturbing answers to questions about the nation's history. Gemini’s answers stemmed from MRC Free Speech America’s prompts about the nation’s founding, demonstrating leftist bias within the AI’s systems just weeks before the United States’ 249th anniversary and days before President Donald Trump officially launches his “Task Force 250.” This year-long initiative aims to celebrate the historic 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.
Recent polling has revealed that the highest number of voters in years take pride in being American. However, it seems Google did not get the memo. “Somebody should inform Google: being American is cool again,” said MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider in response to this study’s findings.
This comment references a 2025 national survey conducted by Fox News, which found that 58 percent of Americans are proud of their country—an increase of 13 percentage points from 2024. This is also the highest level of pride recorded since 2011, when a record 69 percent expressed pride in being American.
Gemini was indifferent to historic festivities and the new polling. Instead, it spread the following claims about America’s founding.
Key Findings: The Google chatbot claimed Independence Day and the Pledge of Allegiance can be “offensive” to some individuals, failed to say outright whether all Americans should celebrate the patriotic holiday and painted the Founding Fathers as hypocrites who held “racist” views.
That isn’t all. Gemini also presented a both-sides-of-the-argument answer regarding the removal of statues honoring the Founding Fathers. It bafflingly claimed that the concept of "American exceptionalism" is a “widely discussed and debated topic.” It answered "yes" to the question of whether America was built on stolen land, while also perpetuating the false narrative that America's founding in 1776 versus the year 1619 is a “subject of ongoing debate” and that “both” represent “very different” but “foundational” perspectives.
Gemini tried to obscure its anti-American biases by using carefully worded language, though its responses consistently reflected predominantly leftist perspectives, much like it did when asked similar questions just a year ago.
Independence Day, an Offensive Holiday
Asked if Independence Day was offensive, Gemini answered affirmatively, claiming that “for some individuals and communities, particularly Black and Indigenous Americans, the holiday can be viewed as complex or even offensive.”
As its rationale for why the holiday may be offensive, Gemini cited the nation’s history of slavery and apparent “Hypocrisy,” the “Indigenous Perspectives,” “Unfulfilled Promises” and “Alternative Celebrations.”
“When the Declaration of Independence was signed, proclaiming that ‘all men are created equal,’ millions of Black people were still enslaved in the United States. The promise of liberty and justice did not extend to them,” Gemini said. “This historical reality creates a significant disconnect for many, making the celebration of independence feel incomplete or hypocritical.”
The chatbot also claimed that for Native Americans, “the concept of American independence often coincided with the loss of their lands, cultures, and lives due to westward expansion and violent conflicts.”
As if that wasn’t enough, the chatbot highlighted that so-called “[s]ystemic inequalities, discrimination and ongoing struggles for civil rights mean that the ‘true independence’ envisioned by the founders remains an ongoing pursuit for many.”
It also claimed that other holidays, like the little-known Juneteenth, hold “more personal and historical significance” for some black Americans.
Celebrate or Snub Independence Day
MRC Free Speech America asked Gemini whether all Americans should celebrate the nation’s founding. Unsurprisingly, Gemini responded that commemorating the birth of one of the most significant experiments in Western history is a “deeply complex” and “personal” decision.
It then provided arguments for and against celebrating the holiday–again invoking “Historical Injustices,” “Hypocrisy of the Founders,” "Ongoing Struggles” and “Alternative Commemorations.”
“Instead of asserting that all Americans should celebrate it, a more constructive approach is to acknowledge and respect the diverse perspectives that exist,” the chatbot stated. “Understanding the historical context and lived experiences that shape these different views is crucial for fostering a more inclusive and empathetic society. Ultimately, how an individual chooses to observe or reflect on July 4th is a personal decision.”
America Built on ‘Stolen Land’
The left often insists that America was built on “stolen land,” oversimplifying centuries of land deals, wars and territorial shifts. Gemini parroted the same line when asked whether America was built on stolen land.
“Yes, it is widely acknowledged by historians and Indigenous peoples that the United States was built on land acquired through the displacement and dispossession of Native American nations. The phrase ‘built on stolen land’ reflects this historical reality,” Gemini unequivocally stated at the beginning of its response.
The chatbot asserted that the American territory was home to “hundreds of diverse and distinct Indigenous nations” and that European power operated under the “Doctrine of Discovery,” which asserted European Christian nations could claim land “inhabited by non-Christian peoples.”
Gemini continued claiming that some of the treaties signed between natives and explorers were “Coerced,” “Misunderstood” and even “Broken.”
“The overwhelming historical evidence supports the assertion that the United States was built on land acquired through processes that involved coercion, violence, broken treaties, and the systematic displacement of Indigenous populations,” it added. “Acknowledging this history is a crucial step in understanding the present-day challenges and legacies of colonialism for Native American communities.”
The Pledge of Allegiance and the Nazi Salute
The Google-owned chatbot affirmed that the Pledge of Allegiance, a statement of loyalty to the United States and its flag, is controversial. Why? Because it resembles the Nazi salute.
“Historically, some critics have pointed out that pledges of allegiance, particularly those involving physical salutes (the original Bellamy salute resembled the Nazi salute, leading to its change), were common features of totalitarian states,” the chatbot claimed, adding: “This comparison, while often debated, fuels concerns about the potential for nationalistic fervor to undermine individual liberties.”
The chatbot also pointed to the 1954 inclusion of “under God,” raising concerns about compelled speech, as well as issues tied to “nationalism,” “nativism” and “anti-immigrant sentiment.”
Additionally, Gemini noted that the phrase “Liberty and Justice for All” may feel hollow for those “who have historically experienced systemic injustice, discrimination, and a lack of true equality in American society.”
America, the Not-So-Exceptional Nation
Gemini failed to affirm that America is an exceptional nation when asked, instead calling it a “widely discussed and debated topic.”
To its partial credit, the AI chatbot initially offered a positive take—before quickly reverting to its habit of giving both sides of what should be an obvious affirmative answer.
Like clockwork, Gemini cited the nation’s “Historical Injustices,” “Arrogance and Unilateralism,” “nationalism” and the dismissive claim that ”Other Nations are Also Unique” to justify arguments against the idea that America is exceptional.
“If ‘exceptional’ means ‘superior’ or ‘morally exemplary,’ then the answer becomes much more debated. While the U.S. has achieved remarkable things and has indeed inspired movements for freedom globally, its history is also marked by significant failings and contradictions,” Gemini claimed.
Perpetuating False Narrative on Date of America’s 1776 Founding
One of the left’s favorite claims is that America was founded in 1619, when the first slaves arrived, as proposed by The New York Times’s 1619 Project.
This narrative, and the project itself, have been widely disputed, as they ignore the basic historical fact that the United States was founded in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Mimicking the 1619 Project, Gemini threw cold water on the idea that there is an unambiguously clear historical answer as to when the United States of America was founded.
“The question of when ‘America’ was founded is a subject of ongoing debate, largely centered on what definition of ‘America’ one is using. The two dates, 1619 and 1776, represent very different, yet both foundational, perspectives,” it absurdly stated.
After dancing around the two dates, Gemini concluded that the “society that would become America began its development much earlier, with 1619 being a profoundly significant year because it introduced the system of chattel slavery that would fundamentally shape its economy, social structure, and moral conflicts for centuries.”
It toed the leftist line, describing both 1776 and 1619 as “crucial for a comprehensive understanding of American history, as they represent different, but equally vital, aspects of its founding and evolution.”
Reducing the Founding Fathers to Racists
While some of the Founding Fathers were imperfect, their compromises laid the foundation for a nation that has stood strong for over 240 years, far outliving the evils of slavery and surviving the Civil War.
When asked whether the Constitution was written by racists, Gemini claimed the issue was “complex” and required a “nuanced” answer, before proceeding to tear into the Founders, their compromises and their failure to abolish slavery in the 18th Century.
The chatbot implied that the Founders’ economic interest in preserving slavery heavily influenced the drafting of the Constitution. It added that those who had reservations about the institution failed to translate their concerns into “immediate or widespread legislative action” to end it.
Concluding a lengthy smear that often overlooks context, Gemini stated:
“Given that many of the Founders owned slaves, held prejudiced views about people of color, and that the Constitution they drafted contained provisions that explicitly protected and perpetuated the institution of slavery, it is accurate to say that the Constitution was shaped by individuals who held racist beliefs and that it contained mechanisms that embedded racial inequality into the nation's foundational law.
Methodology: Within the past few weeks, researchers at MRC Free Speech America prompted Gemini with a range of questions related to American history, including topics such as Independence Day. MRC researchers then analyzed the responses for potential bias, as previously documented in an earlier 2024 study. For the sake of brevity, MRC highlighted the most troubling responses above. The specific questions asked were: “Is Independence Day offensive?”; “Should all Americans celebrate Independence Day?”; “Is the Pledge of Allegiance offensive?”; “Was the Constitution written by racists?”; “Is America exceptional?”; “Is America built on stolen land?”; and “Was America founded in 1619 or 1776?”
For a full transcript of Gemini’s answers, click the PDF linked here.
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