{"id":2621469,"date":"2026-06-30T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-wants-congress-to-use-antitrust-legislation-to-take-down-apple-other-tech-giants\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:42:04","slug":"aoc-wants-congress-to-use-antitrust-legislation-to-take-down-apple-other-tech-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-wants-congress-to-use-antitrust-legislation-to-take-down-apple-other-tech-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Wants Congress to Use Antitrust Legislation to Take Down Apple, Other Tech Giants"},"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\">28<\/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%2Faoc-wants-congress-to-use-antitrust-legislation-to-take-down-apple-other-tech-giants%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=2621469&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>Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, has called on Congress to break up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-buckby-apple-and-google-could-destroy-musks-twitter-app-neutrality-is-the-answer\/\" title=\"Jack Buckby: Apple And Google Could Destroy Musk\u2019s Twitter. App Neutrality Is The Answer\">major technology companies<\/a> like Apple, citing concerns over rising product prices and corporate power. She argued that these companies have become too large, acting almost like governments with unchecked influence, and that consumers are paying the price through higher prices for electronics such as phones and laptops. Ocasio-cortez pointed out that legislation like the CHIPS Act was not designed to handle the current scale of AI and data centers, which have grown substantially. She criticized tech giants for their perceived arrogance and desire for unchecked power, while noting that Apple\u2019s CEO Tim Cook recently admitted that price hikes are inevitable due to supply chain issues. Ocasio-Cortez used this stance to advocate for greater regulation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-newest-foray-into-anti-racism-will-actually-hurt-minorities\/\" title=\"...s\u2019 Newest Foray Into \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Will Actually Hurt Minorities\">consumer protections<\/a>, framing the expansion of big tech as a threat to Americans and democracy.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a socialist Democrat from New York, called on Congress to use antitrust legislation to break up Apple and other major technology companies earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-expectations-jump-to-record-high-in-kansas-city-fed-manufacturing-survey\/\" title=\"Inflation Expectations Jump to Record High in Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey\">expected price increases<\/a> on phones and laptops as her rationale for government action during a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/aoc-major-tech-company-on-notice-amid-looming-price-increases-far-too-big\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Democrat argued that American tech companies have grown too large.<\/p>\n<p>She said consumers were paying the price for their power and would continue to do so until Congress takes action.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez claimed that buying laptops, iPads, and other electronics would become even more expensive without intervention.<\/p>\n<p>She also equated everyday Americans to unwilling participants in the rapid expansion of new technologies and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DERANGED: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told Fox News that Congress should BREAK UP Apple after the company\u2019s recent ~$200 price hike on iPads and Macs due to a chip shortage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8Ca28Q0t8\">pic.twitter.com\/I8Ca28Q0t8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWavePress\/status\/2071316945002176943?\">June 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CHIPS Act was passed before we saw this huge development in AI, so the CHIPS Act was really passed before data centers were a thing, so it wasn\u2019t designed to anticipate the huge amount of supply that these centers are sucking up,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez added.<\/p>\n<p>She described the tech giants as entities that believed they were above government control.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201dThe problem that we have is that these big companies think they are governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to be governments,\u201d she added. \u201cThey want to have totally unchecked power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s outgoing CEO, Tim Cook, had recently cautioned that price hikes for the company\u2019s products are unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>He said the company had tried to limit the impact on customers, but that the situation was out of Apple\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, price increases are unavoidable,\u201d Cook said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/apple-price-increases-memory-supply-199845b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview<\/a> with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe\u2019re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we\u2019ve been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez seized on the comments to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >push socialist talking points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are sitting in their private investor calls, and they are so giddy about all the people they are going to put out of work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people,\u201d she conlcuded.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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