A Random Smattering of Pointless Questions Asked on Google During the Debate

From Cosmopolitan

Wednesday night marked part one of the first 2020 democratic debates, and we've got a lllooonnnggg way to go. Even longer if you sneak a peek at Google right now, because people have QUESTIONS-just not the ones you might be thinking.

While the candidates sparred over health insurance and the economy, Googlers at home were interested in... the candidates' heights, significant others, and literal physical eyeballs. I've poured through the Google Trends data to identify just what weird Google searches are being searched en masse, and I'm considering it a lesson learned, because it was strange, and now I'm gravely concerned.

So, without further ado, please take a look at a few things people couldn't help but Google during the first democratic debate on Wednesday. Warning: It's weird! But it's the internet, what did you expect?

1. How tall is... everyone? Literally everyone.

Okay, it's slightly absurd how many people spent the debate furiously Googling how tall is Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, every other candidate, the moderators, your parents, that person who's Netflix account you're mooching, that cute dog Instagram you follow, every high school classmate trying to sell you MLM, and Hannah B. from The Bachelorette, but hey, here we are. Because I'm nice, here are some the answers. You're welcome.

Cory Booker's height: 6'2"

Julián Castro's height: IDK, he hasn't said.

(Psst.)

Bill de Blasio's height: 6'5"

(Did you catch the part where they talked about abortion?)

John Delaney's height: Unclear.

(You should really read about it.)

Tulsi Gabbard's height: Some reports say 5'8."

(It's pretty important, NGL.)

Jay Inslee's height: Also unknown.

(It'll literally take you like 4 minutes to read this important part.)

Amy Klobuchar's height: Unavailable.

(How about their talk about civil rights?)

Beto O'Rourke's height: 6'4"

(You should also check it out.)

Tim Ryan's height: Not sure, but the football player Tim Ryan is 6'4", fun fact.

(Here's a link to do that, friend.)

Elizabeth Warren's height: 5'8," alright we're done with this now.

2. Is Beto Latino?

No. He's not. Dude's Irish. Next question.

3. Does Cory Booker have blue eyes?

Yep. Did anyone, like, listen to what they were actually saying?

4. Did Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke speak Spanish during the debate?

Why yes they did, glad you asked. Check out those clips right here:

5. Savannah Guthrie.

Just... NBC moderator Savannah Guthrie. No question. People just wanted to give her a quick search, for some reason. She's usually on the TODAY show, so maybe that was confusing, IDK.

Anyway, here's Savannah:

Cool cool cool, glad that's settled.

6. "Hawaiian democrat"

So there's definitely more than ONE Hawaiian democrat in the world right now, but people were likely searching for Tulsi Gabbard, who represents Hawaii as a U.S. representative and is, you guessed it, running for president.

7. Who is Cory Booker's girlfriend?

Oh hey, we dove into his relationship with Rosario Dawson right this way.

We'll update this as we see more strange questions. Hope this is of service to you, strange Googlers.

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