Trump VP pick JD Vance supports Big Tech antitrust crackdown
Donald Trump's vice presidential pick J.D. Vance has openly praised the work of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, a sign that the agency's broad approach to antitrust enforcement could enjoy some level of support from a second Trump administration.
Vance, a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, joined the presidential ticket on Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump officially became the party's nominee.
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«She recognized there has to be a broader understanding of how we think about competition in the marketplace,» Vance said at an event in Washington in February.
The comments reflect a tension in the conservative movement, between an impulse to shrink regulatory agencies and a willingness to use antitrust laws to challenge powerful corporations — especially in Big Tech, where some hope to tackle perceived censorship of conservatives online.
Joseph Coniglio, director of antitrust policy at the Information Technology and Innovation
