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brooklynite

(94,688 posts) Mon May 13, 2019, 07:09 AM May 2019

Booker hits Warren over proposal to break up tech giants

Politico

Cory Booker swatted at his Senate colleague and fellow 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren for her call to break up some of the country’s most powerful technology companies — bashing the proposal as not befitting a president and sounding “more like a Donald Trump thing to say.”

In an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl that aired Sunday on “This Week,“ the New Jersey Democrat bemoaned the “really ill effects” of “corporate consolidation” in America and pledged if elected to the White House to call for Justice Department investigations and antitrust laws to rein in monopolies.

But Booker said he disagreed with the plan by Warren (D-Mass.) to create “a level playing field” by splintering giant tech firms, including Amazon, Facebook and Google, which she has accused of unfair competition and “eating up” startups.

“I don't think that a president should be running around pointing at companies and saying breaking them up without any kind of process here,” Booker said.

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Booker hits Warren over proposal to break up tech giants (Original Post) brooklynite May 2019 OP

She's got a plan for that, Cory. If she's elected, there will be a "process here." SunSeeker May 2019 #1

That's a bit of an extreme headline by Politico. Booker didn't "hit" Warren over that.... George II May 2019 #2

*1 crazytown May 2019 #3

+1. nt ecstatic May 2019 #4

I agree with Booker and disagree with Warren on this ecstatic May 2019 #5

KnR Mosby May 2019 #6

Politico really likes to and benefits from stirring up shit among Democrats. aikoaiko May 2019 #7

Warren needs to do a better job of selling this idea Politicub May 2019 #8

Booker is right. I think Senator Warren misfired on that one. nt Blue_true May 2019 #9

Whatever the thoughts on the proposal, theaocp May 2019 #10

SunSeeker

(51,649 posts)

1. She's got a plan for that, Cory. If she's elected, there will be a "process here."

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:24 AM

May 2019

Including, I'm sure, Justice Department investigations and enforcement of antitrust laws to rein in monopolies. But right not there is no process, nor antitrust enforcement, because DOJ is run by Trump's new Roy Cohn, William Barr.

But I am glad to hear that you agree with Elizabeth, to the extent you acknowledge the “really ill effects” of “corporate consolidation.”

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George II

(67,782 posts)

2. That's a bit of an extreme headline by Politico. Booker didn't "hit" Warren over that....

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 09:18 AM

May 2019

....he was discussing the overall issue of large corporations consolidating, and that he would do something about that.

Here's the entire interview, this issue starts at about 18:30

https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/2020-candidate-sen-cory-booker-62990544

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crazytown

(7,277 posts)

3. *1

Reply to George II (Reply #2)

Mon May 13, 2019, 10:14 AM

May 2019

Opening an dialogue/ having a discussion on significant issues is what we’ll functioning political parties do and the most (small d) democratic venue for competing propsals are primaries.

It’s ironimic that those who tolerate no dissent are the dissenters themselves. Warren has been criticised for not handcuffing herself to Sanders Single Payer.

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ecstatic

(32,727 posts)

4. +1. nt

Reply to George II (Reply #2)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:22 PM

May 2019

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ecstatic

(32,727 posts)

5. I agree with Booker and disagree with Warren on this

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:23 PM

May 2019

one. I like that Warren is coming up with plans and solutions for everything, but this particular plan, I don't agree with.

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Mosby

(16,337 posts)

6. KnR

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 06:17 PM

May 2019

We just need better regulation of social media companies.

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aikoaiko

(34,183 posts)

7. Politico really likes to and benefits from stirring up shit among Democrats.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:03 PM

May 2019

I don't trust them to frame the news anymore.

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Politicub

(12,165 posts)

8. Warren needs to do a better job of selling this idea

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:56 PM

May 2019

I’m with her in principal, but don’t understand the details when she talks about it.

IMHO:

Google - separate search/advertising and mobile assets
Amazon - separate the retail/commerce side from cloud services
Facebook - can we just get rid of it?

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

9. Booker is right. I think Senator Warren misfired on that one. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 08:40 PM

May 2019

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

theaocp

(4,244 posts)

10. Whatever the thoughts on the proposal,

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2019, 09:22 AM

May 2019

what kind of a move is it to connect Warren to 45? Time to ditch those consultants.

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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