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Meet the Former GOP and Democratic Congressional Staffers Chinese Company, TikTok Hired as Lobbyists
Townhall ^ | 07/11/2020 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 07/11/2020 10:50:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 07/11/2020 12:20:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

TikTok has come under fire for being owned by the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just last week talked

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicoms; china; congress; espionage; internet; lobbyists; spying; tiktok

1 posted on 07/11/2020 10:50:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan and McCarthy. What a shocker.


2 posted on 07/11/2020 10:51:54 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s time to stop TikTok’s clock


3 posted on 07/11/2020 10:52:26 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

The plot thickens. It figures.


4 posted on 07/11/2020 10:56:42 AM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Potential spies and traitors. DOJ, pay attention.


5 posted on 07/11/2020 10:58:57 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SeekAndFind

That is one of the ways people in WDC make those exorbitant fortunes.


6 posted on 07/11/2020 11:02:41 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: SeekAndFind
Americans have been warned to download the social media platform out of privacy concerns and data being sent to the CCP.

Did Beth forget to put a not before download? Otherwise, the statement makes little sense.

7 posted on 07/11/2020 11:19:16 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Thanks, I just posted a complaint about this omission.

Eliminating “not” distorts the article.


8 posted on 07/11/2020 11:22:06 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Firing squad for American Chicom agents.


9 posted on 07/11/2020 11:47:25 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

As quoted in the story:

“new hires include:

Michael Hacker, a former senior advisor to House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC).
Michael Bloom, a former senior advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Freddy Barnes, a former staffer for the National Republican Congressional Committee and a long-time advisor to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Derrick Dockery, a former staffer to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and staffer for the House Oversight Committee.
The U.S. Public Policy team at TikTok is being headed up by Michael Beckerman. He previously worked for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressmen Mike Conaway (R-TX) and Fred Upton (R-MI).”

The Chinese company greases both political parties’ palms. Drain the swamp!


10 posted on 07/11/2020 12:35:19 PM PDT by RicocheT (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just follow the money. If you follow the ethics, you’ll find yourself alone in an empty desert.


11 posted on 07/11/2020 12:39:41 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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