Ken Paxton
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Maybe just living in lanais, you know?
Maybe just living in lanais, you know?
So that is the reason. I saw that if we didn't step in soon, and I didn't see anybody else doing it, DOJ wasn't doing it. I didn't see other states doing it. So that's why I ran the second time. My mission was... If we don't stop this now, they make so much money. They just buy their way out of everything. So they get sued by the European Union. They just pay 2 billion.
So that is the reason. I saw that if we didn't step in soon, and I didn't see anybody else doing it, DOJ wasn't doing it. I didn't see other states doing it. So that's why I ran the second time. My mission was... If we don't stop this now, they make so much money. They just buy their way out of everything. So they get sued by the European Union. They just pay 2 billion.
So that is the reason. I saw that if we didn't step in soon, and I didn't see anybody else doing it, DOJ wasn't doing it. I didn't see other states doing it. So that's why I ran the second time. My mission was... If we don't stop this now, they make so much money. They just buy their way out of everything. So they get sued by the European Union. They just pay 2 billion.
They just jack up their price. When you're making $130 billion a year, that's just a minor little tax, right, for Google. So that is why I didn't just, I'm not just doing this for money. I'm asking for restructuring of Google. I don't want them to be able to do this to us anymore. They need to divest things so that there is competition in the marketplace. I'm not, I am totally free market.
They just jack up their price. When you're making $130 billion a year, that's just a minor little tax, right, for Google. So that is why I didn't just, I'm not just doing this for money. I'm asking for restructuring of Google. I don't want them to be able to do this to us anymore. They need to divest things so that there is competition in the marketplace. I'm not, I am totally free market.
They just jack up their price. When you're making $130 billion a year, that's just a minor little tax, right, for Google. So that is why I didn't just, I'm not just doing this for money. I'm asking for restructuring of Google. I don't want them to be able to do this to us anymore. They need to divest things so that there is competition in the marketplace. I'm not, I am totally free market.
But one company that controls 97% of the market and then destroys competition, that is not good for consumers. And that's why we have antitrust laws. So if we don't stop them now, they'll control all our speech.
But one company that controls 97% of the market and then destroys competition, that is not good for consumers. And that's why we have antitrust laws. So if we don't stop them now, they'll control all our speech.
But one company that controls 97% of the market and then destroys competition, that is not good for consumers. And that's why we have antitrust laws. So if we don't stop them now, they'll control all our speech.
We do. You'd never know it. We brought them back. And by the way, DOJ copied our Google case. Exactly. Biden did.
We do. You'd never know it. We brought them back. And by the way, DOJ copied our Google case. Exactly. Biden did.
We do. You'd never know it. We brought them back. And by the way, DOJ copied our Google case. Exactly. Biden did.
There's hope. And I think the fact that you see, after we settled with Mark Zuckerberg, he's shown up at Trump. So he spent, what, 400 million trying to beat Trump last time? You're seeing these CEOs come in. They're trying to keep their profit motive going. And it's hard to get anything done in Congress because they give so much money.
There's hope. And I think the fact that you see, after we settled with Mark Zuckerberg, he's shown up at Trump. So he spent, what, 400 million trying to beat Trump last time? You're seeing these CEOs come in. They're trying to keep their profit motive going. And it's hard to get anything done in Congress because they give so much money.
There's hope. And I think the fact that you see, after we settled with Mark Zuckerberg, he's shown up at Trump. So he spent, what, 400 million trying to beat Trump last time? You're seeing these CEOs come in. They're trying to keep their profit motive going. And it's hard to get anything done in Congress because they give so much money.
But I think the state AGs and hopefully DOJ with Pam Bondi are key to making sure that they play fair. Look, go make billions. I don't care. I want you to. Go make a lot of billions. I want American companies to do well all over the world. But play fair and allow consumers choices. Don't destroy choice.
But I think the state AGs and hopefully DOJ with Pam Bondi are key to making sure that they play fair. Look, go make billions. I don't care. I want you to. Go make a lot of billions. I want American companies to do well all over the world. But play fair and allow consumers choices. Don't destroy choice.
But I think the state AGs and hopefully DOJ with Pam Bondi are key to making sure that they play fair. Look, go make billions. I don't care. I want you to. Go make a lot of billions. I want American companies to do well all over the world. But play fair and allow consumers choices. Don't destroy choice.