“In January, just days before the Supreme Court unanimously upheldCongress’ ban on TikTok and Donald Trump returned to the White House, Sen. Tom Cotton took to the Senate floor and warned the country that the “lethal algorithm” in the Beijing-based social media company’s app “has cost the lives of many American kids.” “Let me be crystal clear,” the Arkansas Republican said. “There will be no extensions, no concessions and no compromises for TikTok.”
“Hawley previously defended the ban and warned of the dangers of TikTok in January, shortly before Trump returned to office. It’s not just a national security threat,” Hawley said of TikTok at the time. “It’s a personal security threat.”
“Trump himself once shared these concerns. In 2020, he signed an executive order declaring that TikTok’s data collection “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.”
“That, of course, was before Trump courted a billionaire donor with a stake in TikTok and before Trump decided that TikTok had helped him win his 2024 reelection bid. Last month, the White House created an official TikTok account— a further sign, if one was needed, of the Trump administration’s ongoing disregard for the ban passed by Congress.”
“The law passed by Congress and signed into law under Joe Biden requires TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to divest at least 80 percent of its financial stake in the company”
“Eight months later, the Trump administration has just given TikTok and the Chinese government another extension, another concession and another compromise.”
“Left unsaid was how this decision would comply with the president’s constitutional obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,”how it could be squared with Congress’ constitutional lawmaking authority, or why we should all be okay with the administration unilaterally disregarding the American public’s interest in having the executive branch enforce the laws passed by their elected representatives.”
Is there any GOP representative or Senator who has a set of balls? Trump is not only shitting on them and the Constitution but doing it right infront of their eyes. Sad where MAGA has bought this country in just nine short months
“Hawley previously defended the ban and warned of the dangers of TikTok in January, shortly before Trump returned to office. It’s not just a national security threat,” Hawley said of TikTok at the time. “It’s a personal security threat.”
“Trump himself once shared these concerns. In 2020, he signed an executive order declaring that TikTok’s data collection “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.”
“That, of course, was before Trump courted a billionaire donor with a stake in TikTok and before Trump decided that TikTok had helped him win his 2024 reelection bid. Last month, the White House created an official TikTok account— a further sign, if one was needed, of the Trump administration’s ongoing disregard for the ban passed by Congress.”
“The law passed by Congress and signed into law under Joe Biden requires TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to divest at least 80 percent of its financial stake in the company”
“Eight months later, the Trump administration has just given TikTok and the Chinese government another extension, another concession and another compromise.”
“Left unsaid was how this decision would comply with the president’s constitutional obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,”how it could be squared with Congress’ constitutional lawmaking authority, or why we should all be okay with the administration unilaterally disregarding the American public’s interest in having the executive branch enforce the laws passed by their elected representatives.”
Is there any GOP representative or Senator who has a set of balls? Trump is not only shitting on them and the Constitution but doing it right infront of their eyes. Sad where MAGA has bought this country in just nine short months