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“That’s socialism. You may be comfortable with socialism. You may decide you like socialism because someone from the Trump administration wants socialism. But my God, people, what have we been fighting for for the last decade? You want smaller government? This expands it.”
— Conservative talk show host Erick Erickson, on the federal government taking equity stakes in private companies.
“Well, there you have it. Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary. He’s the genius behind the aggressive tariffs, also now appears to be the genius behind the socialism that he wants the Trump administration to embrace.”
— Conservative radio host Erick Erickson hammered the Trump administration, particularly Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, for suggesting the government take a large share of chip maker Intel, Mediaite reports.
