EDITORIAL: Trump’s FTC is right to smash a Marxist climate scheme and slash costs for Americans
The Washington Reporter commends the Trump administration’s Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) tireless work obliterating one the left’s most egregious use of climate hysteria to push Marxism: the so-called "Clean Truck Partnership."
This agreement would have driven up costs for every American, and it is now gone, thanks to the outstanding work of the Trump team and Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s leadership; Ferguson’s leadership was evident to us from his first interview with us last summer, and it continued to shine through during our event with him earlier this year — his first public event as FTC Chair.
Like some of the radical left’s schemes, the “Clean Truck Partnership” sounds nice, but it was designed to choke our trucking industry and jack up costs for every American. The Clean Truck Partnership forced manufacturers to prioritize “zero emissions” engines while binding them to California’s insane and impractical environmental rules. It’s unfortunate, although understandable, that major automotive manufacturers went along with this scheme after being bullied by California bureaucrats.
The Trump FTC voted unanimously 3-0 to accept an end to this collusion, with votes in favor by Ferguson and Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Mark R. Meador. Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter did not vote at all, likely because they have been booted from the Commission.
Sources tell us they are pursuing other exciting opportunities like joining George Soros-funded think tanks to pay the bills while hoping to join the next Democratic administration. The Reporter wishes Bedoya and Slaughter the best.
The FTC’s achievement in dismantling the Clean Truck Partnership is the latest in a series of wins from the Trump-FTC. Earlier this year, the FTC reached an agreement with some of the biggest advertising firms that bars boycotts based on politics. This move was praised by Senator Tom Cotton praised this as a “landmark settlement that bans this censorship.”
And earlier this week, the FTC continued to lead the fight against gender mutilation surgeries, seeking public comment on the Orwellian-named “gender-affirming care” procedures that lead to devastating harm for kids.
This strong leadership from Chairman Ferguson is a welcome contrast from Lina Khan’s FTC, a cesspool of weird leftist theories that served only the trial bar and Europe’s tax-collecting authorities. President Trump promised an FTC that serves Americans the people, and he’s delivered, thanks to Ferguson, Holyoak, and Meador.