Cory Booker calls to enforce antitrust laws but dodges on which companies

LACONIA, N.H. — Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., says that he sees a problem with “corporate consolidation” and not enough enforcement of antitrust laws, but he refused to name the companies that he thinks should be scrutinized.

“I don’t care if it’s Facebook, the pharma industry, even the agricultural industry,” Booker said in an ABC interview released Saturday. “We’ve had a problem in America with corporate consolidation that is having really ill effects. It’s driving out the independent family farmer. It’s driving up our prescription drug costs. And in the realm of technology, we’re seeing small — one or two companies, controlling a significant amount of the online advertising.”