Biden’s Commerce Sec. Says She’s Reluctant to Ban China’s TikTok Because Democrats Would ‘Lose Every Voter Under 35 Forever’.

 Former Rhode Island governor turned Biden Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo gave a scarcely noticed interview to Bloomberg last week, where she cravenly admitted her reluctance to address the Chinese Communist Party's most critical cultural stranglehold in America: TikTok.

"The politician in me thinks you're gonna literally lose every voter under 35, forever However much I hate TikTok-and I do, because I see the addiction in the bad s**t that it serves kids-you know, this is America."

Using the phrase "This is America" to avoid national security measures to limit the influence of a foreign and hostile global actor requires some chutzpah.

Not as much as is required to tell us to our faces that the reason they won't take action is because the zombie hordes of TikTok influencers would roundly condemn them for doing so.

"People were horrified by the Chinese spy balloon that flew through multiple states in our nation. However, that level of spying happens every day through TikTok, which is a clear national security risk that collects and manipulates content on behalf of the CCP. We know that TikTok has surveilled and spied on journalists, violating civil liberties. This is not just some harmless social media app, but a critical tool that gives Beijing power over the day-to-day lives of more than 100 million Americans. Now is the time to pass my ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act and end this threat for good."

In reality, it seems and sounds more likely from here on Capitol Hill that some form of restriction will be applied to TikTok and similar apps that have foreign owners, foreign origins, and shady data practices.

The more people I speak to about it, the more I am convinced TikTok's days are numbered.

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