The Republican attacks against Lina Khan (Chair of the FTC / Federal Trade Commission) keep coming 21APR23

THE gop / greed over people party, following the lead of House speaker kevin mccarthy rff CA, have begun a propaganda campaign to destroy Lina Khan's ability to manage the FTC. They are attacking her for supporting workers rights, for her antitrust policies, her antimonopoly policies, for her attempts to rein in the greed of the corporate-financial cabal and hold them accountable for upholding their share of the American social contact. Democrats, Independents and non-maga Republicans need to stand up for Lina Khan and support her as Chair of the FTC, her policies and programs. Please add your name to this petition to Congress from Demand Progress  and e mail your representative and senators and demand they support and protect Lina Khan.

I e mailed Rep Jennifer Wexton D VA 10th and Sen Mark Warner D VA and Sen Tim Kaine D VA this

Let Lina Khan take on big corporations

Petition to Congress:

I urge you to allow the Federal Trade Commission to execute its mandate, including strong enforcement of antitrust laws to protect consumers and banning noncompetes to protect workers.

Jim Jordan, the rest of the GOP, and big corporate interests are throwing everything they can at Lina Khan to stop her efforts to empower workers. Corporations and Republicans don’t want Khan, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to block corporate mega-mergers and get rid of noncompetes. They don’t want the FTC to raise wages and enforce antitrust law.

Republicans are even spuriously accusing Khan of “foreign collusion.”1 We know MAGA Republicans will spread disinformation to serve their extreme agenda.

When Republicans want to stop the Biden administration they go on the all-out attack. When they don’t like a policy proposal, they spread lies and launch nasty disinformation campaigns. We can’t let the GOP and big corporations win this fight over workers and consumer protections.

Lina Khan is taking on the biggest corporations like Amazon, Facebook, and Google with her antitrust and pro-labor work.2 The FTC estimates that wages could collectively go up by $300 billion if noncompetes are successfully banned3 — $300 billion big corporations don’t want to pay.

We can’t let Congress and GOP extremism stand in her way.

Jim Jordan, the rest of the GOP, and big corporate interests are throwing everything they can at Lina Khan to stop her efforts to empower workers. Corporations and Republicans don’t want Khan, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to block corporate mega-mergers and get rid of noncompetes. They don’t want the FTC to raise wages and enforce antitrust law.

Republicans are even spuriously accusing Khan of “foreign collusion.”¹ We know MAGA Republicans will spread disinformation to serve their extreme agenda.

Sign the petition: Congress must enable the FTC to enforce antitrust law and protect workers to the fullest extent possible.

ADD YOUR NAME

When Republicans want to stop the Biden administration they go on the all-out attack. When they don’t like a policy proposal, they spread lies and launch nasty disinformation campaigns. We can’t let the GOP and big corporations win this fight over workers and consumer protections.

Lina Khan is taking on the biggest corporations like Amazon, Facebook, and Google with her antitrust and pro-labor work.² The FTC estimates that wages could collectively go up by $300 billion if noncompetes are successfully banned³ — $300 billion big corporations don’t want to pay.

Add your name: Congress must protect the FTC so it can do its work for consumers and workers.

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Wall Street Journal, “The FTC Is Working With the EU to Hamstring U.S. Companies,” April 19, 2023.
2. NPR, “Lina Khan is taking swings at Big Tech as FTC chair, and changing how it does business,” March 9, 2023.
3. Huffington Post, “Congressional Democrats Urge FTC To Ban Noncompete Agreements 'Without Delay,'” April 19, 2023.

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