{"id":2369279,"date":"2024-11-15T06:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T11:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ftc-chairwoman-has-friends-in-maga-places-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T06:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T11:44:00","slug":"bidens-ftc-chairwoman-has-friends-in-maga-places-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ftc-chairwoman-has-friends-in-maga-places-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s FTC chairwoman has friends in MAGA places &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-ftc-chairwoman-has-friends-in-maga-places-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u200b discusses Lina \u200dKhan, the Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who is known for her strong stance\u200b on antitrust issues as part of the &#8220;hipster antitrust&#8221; movement. At just 35 years old, she is the youngest \u200cperson to lead \u2063the FTC, having been appointed by President Biden.\u200b Despite\u2064 her Democratic affiliation, she\u2062 has gained unexpected support from key figures within \u200bthe\u200c MAGA movement, including former\u200d Congressman Matt Gaetz, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and Senator \u200cJosh Hawley.\u200c These\u200d Republicans appreciate her anti-monopoly efforts, particularly against Big Tech companies, although they criticize her unsuccessful attempts to block \u2062mergers.<\/p>\n<p>Khan first captured attention with her \u200d2017 legal paper on Amazon&#8217;s antitrust \u2064issues while still in law school. However, her tenure has faced challenges, with a notable 0-4 record in merger trials and \u200ccriticisms \u200bregarding her aggressive regulatory tactics. The article notes that while some prominent Republicans\u2064 like Douglas Holtz-Eakin\u200b advocate for her removal, \u200dthere remains a nuanced divide\u2062 regarding her effectiveness and approach, \u2062suggesting \u2063her\u2063 policies don&#8217;t align strictly\u200c with \u2062partisan expectations. Khan&#8217;s \u2062future at the FTC \u2064may be uncertain, particularly with changing \u2062administrations and the evolving political \u2064landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan has friends in MAGA places<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1881023\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lina-khan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lina Khan\">Lina Khan<\/a> is the face of the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/3073152\/biden-has-brought-hipster-antitrust-mainstream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lina Khan\">hipster antitrust<\/a>&rdquo; movement, but she&rsquo;s also got friends in the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Khan, 35, is the youngest person ever to lead the FTC. As a Biden appointee, she is unlikely to stay on once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, though her aggressive stance toward trade regulation and battles with Big Tech may not be completely scrapped under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"talk of Washington\">talk of Washington<\/a> after Trump unexpectedly nominated him to lead the Department of Justice. But while Gaetz is undoubtedly a controversial MAGA firebrand, he&rsquo;s also an economic populist and a Kahn fan who has urged Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1856814205501952363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"keep her\">keep her<\/a> at the FTC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope her work continues in the Trump administration,&rdquo; Gaetz told <em>NOTUS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gaetz is not the only person in Trump&rsquo;s inner circle to praise Khan. Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has said Khan is doing a &ldquo;pretty good job&rdquo; in her role, adding later that he&rsquo;s impressed with her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">work targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">big tech companies<\/a><\/a> while avoiding &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3128433\/vance-praises-biden-appointed-ftc-chairwoman-khan-avoiding-ridiculous-woke-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the ridiculous woke stuff\">the ridiculous woke stuff<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A third MAGA man, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) also backs Khan, saying in 2021 that he appreciates her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/165455\/the-new-trustbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"emphasis on competition\">emphasis on competition<\/a> and fights against anticompetitive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Khan broke onto the antitrust scene while still a law student at Yale by penning the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalelawjournal.org\/pdf\/e.710.Khan.805_zuvfyyeh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"legal paper\">legal paper<\/a> &ldquo;Amazon&rsquo;s Antitrust Paradox.&rdquo; She later served as counsel for a judiciary subcommittee and then was appointed by President Joe Biden to join the FTC in 2021, with 21 Republican senators voting to confirm her.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have mostly cheered Khan&rsquo;s work combatting big tech, but have fiercely criticized some of her other efforts, such as repeated attempts to block mergers. She got a three-hour grilling before the House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1172442\/big-tech-worries-remain-bipartisan-but-views-on-ftcs-lina-khan-arent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"last July\">last July<\/a>, with GOPers mostly going on the attack and Democrats defending her.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) brought up&nbsp;Khan&rsquo;s 0-4 record in merger trials during the hearing, asking, &ldquo;Why are you losing so much?&rdquo; Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) called&nbsp;Khan&nbsp;a bully who has lurched her agency to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) accused Khan of harassing Twitter (now X) because she sent the company 12 demand letters in 10 weeks. &ldquo;That seems like more than harassment, that almost seems like an obsession,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Gaetz had a relatively friendly exchange with Khan over the privacy of Ring cameras, as did Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who lamented the enormous lobbying influence of big tech.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC did not respond to questions from the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The question going forward will be just how much Trump embraces the populist wing of the Republican Party that he himself helped establish, especially with Vance as his new wingman. <\/p>\n<p>Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the chief economic policy adviser to John McCain&rsquo;s 2008 presidential campaign, said he hopes Trump moves on from Khan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would not reappoint her,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think the policy foundation of giving up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/510120\/consumer-welfare-standard-under-siege-after-40-year-dominance-of-antitrust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"consumer welfare standard\">consumer welfare standard<\/a> is an enormous mistake, and her track record on cases is not very good. So on objectives and execution, she is below par.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, also hopes Khan is replaced.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s been the single most detrimental person in government to the U.S. economy,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s just deadly for business in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khan has gone after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-test-uneasy-bipartisan-alliance-in-push-to-rein-in-big-tech\/\" title=\"Republicans Test Uneasy Bipartisan Alliance In Push To Rein In Big Tech\">largest tech companies<\/a> during her tenure, launching lawsuits against Google, Meta, and Amazon. She also tried unsuccessfully to ban noncompete clauses and has been hobbled by reports of tanking employee morale at the agency she leads.<\/p>\n<p>But Khan&rsquo;s approach doesn&rsquo;t fit neatly into ideological lines. Some of Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s most high-profile supporters, like billionaire Mark Cuban and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, urged her to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-washington-briefing\/3198509\/hed-kamala-harris-lina-khan-shaped-elephant-in-room-subhed-ftc-heads-aggressive-approach-left-many-corporations-feeling-like-every-move-being-watched-regulated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dump Khan\">dump Khan<\/a> if elected, and Harris remained tight-lipped about the matter on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Khan thus appears to be a good example of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vanderbiltpoliticalreview.com\/12168\/us\/horseshoe-theory-in-american-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"horseshoe theory\">horseshoe theory<\/a> of politics, with MAGA faithful like Gaetz and Hawley joining progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in backing her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That likely won&rsquo;t be enough to save Khan, who campaigned with Democrats this cycle and was <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/chairman-jordan-and-ranking-member-lee-demand-answers-ftc-chair-lina-khan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"accused\">accused<\/a> by Jordan of violating the Hatch Act, but it does mean that her legacy won&rsquo;t be completely undone even if she&rsquo;s replaced. She acknowledged as much herself during Thursday&rsquo;s open meeting of FTC commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been so grateful and appreciative of the bipartisan support for [our] work, including from Vice President-elect Vance and former congressman Gaetz, who I understand was just announced as a future attorney general,&rdquo; Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/kvgo.com\/ftc\/open-commission-meeting-november-14-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be really terrific for the bipartisanship around this work to continue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1881023\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1881023\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s FTC Chair Lina Khan has MAGA allies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2369280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lina-Khan-Trump-MAGA.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6945,5656,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2369279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-ftc","tag-maga","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lina-Khan-Trump-MAGA.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369283,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369279\/revisions\/2369283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}