JD Vance hints Elon Musk, FCC chair Lina Khan could be in Trump admin: I agree with them both on some issues
BUTLER, Pa.— Democratic billionaires can’t stand her.
Republican members of Congress can’t stop investigating her.But President Biden’s Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan may find herself some new and strange bedfellows in a Trump-Vance administration.
The lower half of the ticket said so himself, floating a possible role for Khan working alongside an even more controversial figure: billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk.Speaking to The Post, vice-presidential nominee JD Vance considered the possibility of the two policy lightning rods serving in the would-be Trump White House next year, working to crack down on Big Tech censorship.
Vance answered to the backdrop of opera filling the air at Donald Trump’s triumphant return to Butler, Pa.“I agree with them both on some issues.
I disagree with them both on some issues,” he began, appearing amused by the question.“What unites the Republican ticket is a sense that we just got to get back to common sense, and it’s okay to disagree with each other,” Vance continued, mentioning Trump supporters with a variety of worldviews: ex-Democrats Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.and Tulsi Gabbard along with Republicans nsuch as Georgia Gov.
Brian Kemp and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.“You can have strong disagreements on issues.We want to facilitate that disagreement because we believe the best idea will rise to the top.”But what hasn’t united Republicans historically is an affinity for antitrust, which sets Vance apart.In recent days, several Republican committee chairs in the House have accused Khan of overstepping her antitrust powers, wasting taxpayer dollars and campaigning with Democrats.The GOP has long been the party of business, but Vance is leading a new conservative vanguard aiming to check corporate power, especially Big Tech.
These “Khan-servatives,” who include Sen.Josh Hawley of Missouri and Florida Rep.
Matt Gaetz, support the FTC chair’s work to challenge monopolies and ex...