Posted on 08/20/2019 6:16:29 PM PDT by Drago
The chairman of the Senate antitrust subcommittee used to be one of Google’s chief Republican antagonists. What changed?
When Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, appeared before the Senate antitrust subcommittee in September 2011, one of his toughest questioners was Sen. Mike Lee.
“You've cooked it so that you're always third,” the Utah Republican snapped at Schmidt, pressing him about a Google price comparison tool that, the senator said, often yielded results that were good for Google. “Senator, I can assure you we have not cooked anything,” Schmidt retorted.
It was the nearest the hearing had to a standout moment, and the tech giant took notice. The heated exchange dramatized the fact that Google had few allies among conservatives, who could normally be relied upon to defend a big company against government regulation.
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Mike Lee - Mr. Constitution. Pathetic. They should be paying US to serve in Congress.
Mike Lee is not for sale. He’s already owned.
Dunno. Maybe a Mormonologist?
And yet he backed an ineligible Cubanadian for President.
Yep!!
Lee, hasn't he caused trouble elsewhere as well. What's up Utah?
and the Cubanadian portrayed himself as a strong Constitutionalist and yet blamed "rhetoric" for the violent protests at the Chicago Trump rally ...
Blaming Trump and his supporters for leftists’ violence opened many people’s eyes to what a phony he is.
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