Posted on 03/28/2023 5:31:12 PM PDT by bitt
The late comedian George Carlin once astutely noted the word bipartisan “usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.”
The new Tiktok bill, known as the RESTRICT Act, falls into this category. The legislation was introduced by Uniparty members Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD). The bill does not mention TikTok by name but the Uniparty members said they had the Chinese app in mind when drafting the legislation.
The legislation supposedly is about national security and protecting the United States from its major foreign adversaries. But Tucker Carlson revealed the real agenda behind the bill is controlling the American population and punishing them.
The bill is ostensibly about protecting American national security and ending ‘foreign adversaries’ from interfering in our elections through apps like TikTok. Because of course, election interference from Twitter and Facebook is no problem at all, but election interference through TikTok is totally unacceptable.
But in reality, if you are opposed TikTok, as we are, this bill isn’t about banning TikTok, it is never about what they say it is.
Instead, this bill would give enormous and terrifying new powers to the federal government to punish American citizens and regulate how they communicate with one another.
WATCH:
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The bill, if passed, would encourage the Ukraine uber alles people reporting Freepers as Russian agents.
Proving once again that congress could f up a marble.
(without even trying)
Tucker is right.
Only teeny boppers and social media talking heads use TikTok.
I don’t see a security threat there.
Government employees with access to classified information should be prohibited from using it. That’s all that’s needed.
Anything else is like going after a gnat with a hammer.
Just vote no on any bill that is bipartisan. There’s always crap in there that robs law abiding citizens of their money or liberty while never delivering the marketed intent of the bill. I fully expect Congress to get nothing done while Democrats have a majority in the Senate, and I want it that way. It is a reasonable expectation.
Something fishy about these bills. Libertarian friends say it is another Presidential power grab.
Drip drip drip
This Act may be cited as the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act” or the “RESTRICT Act”.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?s=1&r=15
Putting Americans in prison for political speech is the essence of Tyranny. Not to mention a total violation of the Constitution.
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