“As usual, Senator Warren is 100 percent right in diagnosing the problem. There are absolutely excesses in technology and in some cases having them divest parts of their business is the right move. But we also have to be realistic that competition doesn’t solve all the problems. There’s a reason why no one is using Bing today. Sorry Microsoft, it’s true. So it’s not like breaking up these big tech companies will revive Main Street businesses around the country.” “I’m not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolists dominate our economy and our democracy. It’s time to fight back.” “As president — and we will be unafraid to break up big businesses if we have to do that. But I don’t think it is the role of a president or a candidate for the presidency to specifically call out which companies will be broken up. That’s something that Donald Trump has done in part because he sees enemies in the press and wants to diminish their power. It’s not something that we should do to.” “Senator Warren, I just want to say that I was surprised to hear that you did not agree with me that — on this subject of what should be the rules around corporate responsibility for these big tech companies — when I called on Twitter to suspend Donald Trump’s account that you did not agree and I would urge you to join me. This is a matter, you are saying, of holding big tech accountable. Holding big tech accountable because they have an outsized influence on people’s perceptions about issues and they actually influence behaviors. We all have to agree this is their power. It is immense.” “Senator Klobuchar let me bring you in here.” “I’m not finished, I’m not finished. And so what I am saying is that it seems to me that you would be able to join me in saying the rule has to apply to Twitter the same way it does to Facebook.” “I think all of the rules should apply across the board. I don’t have a problem with that.” “So you will join me in saying that Twitter should shut down that account?” “… is that if we’re going to talk seriously about breaking up big tech then we should ask if people are taking money from the big tech executives. If we’re going to talk seriously about breaking up big drug companies we should ask if people are financing their campaigns by taking money from big drug executives. If we are going to talk about Wall Street and having some serious regulation over Wall Street we should ask if people are funding their campaigns by taking money from those executives.”