Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar is a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota.
“I think one of the ways you get the feds to finally do something about privacy and what kids are exposed to and selling fentanyl online and these horror things is when the states act, because the companies that lobbied against these for a long time don't want a patchwork of regulations.”
Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway) · Tech Strategy & Big Tech · November 2026
Context
Kara Swisher asked what Amy Klobuchar can do on tech as Minnesota's governor-elect after years of stalled federal bills. She describes the state's AI-in-political-ads ban and data center law, and argues state action is what finally pushes Washington.
Transcript
…privacy legislation, the protecting kids online. And I just think over time, too many people said, trust me. And it went along and along. And now there is growing concern so that there is the actual possibility. I hope I've left them some products that they can pass. And I'll come back. Can you do
anything as a governor in that road? Obviously, do you have a lot of people? Oh, yeah. So as a governor, we have
Minnesota has actually been a leader. We were one of the few states that said, no, you can't use AI in political ads that pretty much held during the months, at least the ones that were on TV. It's not to say we had a lot of great ads. I had $16 million in negative ads. And thanks to the person that when I walked in said, you look so much better in person than you do on TV. Those were negative ads. My big joy last week, by the way, was when Uli and this guy out of Wisconsin, the billionaire, decided to put his last million in radio. I'm like, great. Doesn't have my faith. By the way.
He spent, he spent. By the way,
the people of Minnesota spoke when they outdid me two to one on ads and they said, we are not going to let a Packers buy the Minnesota governor's office.
He spent $9 million. He spent $9 million.
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