Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Wednesday that wealthy Democratic donors would “fight a fight” if they tried to oust Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan from a potential Harris administration. I swore it would happen.
“Let's be clear: Billionaires are trying to play tricks on tickets. If anyone approaches Lina Khan, there will be a full-on brawl. And that's a promise.” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post about X.
“She has proven that this administrator is fighting for workers. It would be terrible leadership to remove her,” she added.
Progressive Democrats support FTC chairman after billionaire investor Mark Cuban suggested Vice President Harris should replace Khan if he wins the November election. expressed.
“If it were me, I wouldn't keep Khan back,” the Cuban said. tuesday semaphoreHe added: “The big picture is she's hurting more than she's helping.”
Cuban is the latest wealthy Harris supporter to ask the vice president to replace him as FTC chairman. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, and Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group, have both called for Khan's ouster.
Khan has played a key role in the Biden administration's antitrust push, which has drawn the ire of the business community.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, R-Vt., also defended Mr. Khan on Wednesday, saying Mr. Cuban was “wrong” and thanking the FTC chairman for his work.
“Lina Khan is the best FTC chair in modern history,” Sanders wrote in X. “By confronting corporate greed and illegal monopolies, Lina is doing an outstanding job of preventing big companies from defrauding consumers and exploiting workers.”
Several Harris supporters also praised Khan at a technology-focused fundraiser in San Francisco over the weekend. The “Little Tech for Harris” reception was co-hosted by Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, who praised Khan and his administration's antitrust efforts.
