A new report comes as progressives fight for influence over a potential Harris administration.
... The number-one target of those moderate Democrats, so far, has been Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, whose more robust vision of antitrust enforcement has led tech moguls like LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Harris allies like former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to call for Khan’s ouster.
Warren, predictably, was not having it, joining Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in backing Khan.
“Lina Khan is enforcing the law, and I understand there are some billionaires who chafe at that. They have enjoyed decades of flaccid enforcement of the rules that might crimp their profits. But Lina Khan doesn’t work for the billionaires. I can’t imagine why any president would want to replace her,” Warren said before adding, “I’ll stop right there.”
This gets to the core of Warren’s argument for why progressives are in a good place to influence Harris on personnel and agenda setting. The ideas she and her allies have pushed are popular, which is the best form of protection in politics....
RCP Average 9/12 - 9/18
Warren (D) 57.0
Deaton (R) 33.5
spread Warren +23.5
