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https://americankahani.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lina-Khan-copy.jpg1300730The 34-year-old Pakistani American has been in the crosshairs of Republicans ever since President Biden nominated her to head the powerful Federal Trade Commission, if not at the behest of the Big-Tech lobbyists, but because of her ethnicity. It is not surprising therefore that during a House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) implied…