Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has spoken out against the billionaire effort to oust Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, a Biden administration appointee who has cracked down on large corporations throughout her tenure.

In a post on social media on Thursday, Sanders said that the recent, brazen push by billionaires to influence Vice President Kamala Harris to dump Khan from her hypothetical presidential cabinet is yet another show of the corrupting influence of money in politics.

“Here’s why we have to overturn Citizens United & end Big Money in politics: Billionaire Reid Hoffman donated $7 million to the Harris campaign. Now, he wants her, as president, to fire an outstanding members [sic] of the Biden Administration, FTC Chair Lina Khan,” Sanders said in a post on social media on Thursday. “Not acceptable.”

In recent days, billionaires and large Democratic donors have been speaking out against Khan, who represents a threat to corporate interests.

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman — a venture capitalist deeply........

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