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US: Warren “What’s been missing is courage in Washington to take on the giants”

By  |  June 27, 2019

In the first Democratic primary debate of 2020, Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her position that the government should break up Google, Facebook, and Amazon, reported Venture Beat. The topic came up on Wednesday, June 26, during a discussion of corporate consolidation and antitrust laws.

“We’ve had the laws out there for a long time to be able to fight back. What’s been missing is courage in Washington to take on the giants,” she declared. “It’s been far too long that the monopolies have been making the campaign contributions, the Super PACs have been out there making sure that their influence is heard and felt in every single decision that gets made in Washington. Where I want to start this is I want to return government to the people, and that means calling out the names of the monopolists and saying ‘I have the courage to go after them.’”

Warren spoke in response to a question moderators posed to Senator Cory Booker (Democrat – New Jersey) about his previously stated objection to Warren naming specific companies she believes should be broken up, “without any kind of process.”

Full Content: Venture Beat

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