That is not in the bill. TikTok must be separated from the CCP's Bytedance. Do you believe TikTok is controlled by the CCP and is used to gather data from and influence its users?
Do you actually think they will not twist it to use it against domestics pretty soon?
Peter Navarro Explains The Dangers Of Tik Tok And It's Influence
No. I also don't believe that cutting off aid to Ukraine will result in the Russians invading Poland. Nor did I subscribe to the Domino Theory that got us involved in Vietnam.
RAND PAUL CALLS FOR TIK TOK BAN WHILE DECEPTIVELY FAILING TO DISCLOSE THAT HE ACCEPTED $2.3 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM TIK TOK’S LARGEST US INVESTOR, BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY YASS.
@RandPaul You are a POLITICAL PROSTITUTE. You are selling our country out to the highest bidder, in this case, the Chinese Communist Party. How come your statement against the ban on Tik Tok didn’t disclose the fact that @tiktok_us ’s largest US Investor Jeffrey Yass gave you $2.3 MILLION for your campaign in 2015? You are a LIAR and incredibly dishonest. Selling the country out to Chinese communist affiliated GOP mega donors simply because they donated to you. Shame on you! BAN TIK TOK!!!
If they did this to you is it their fault or yours for using it? Absolutely no one is forcing the elites or anyone else to use the app. The last thing we need is the government to be in the business of “intervention”.
In the world of espionage, practioners use the term “elite capture” to describe successful efforts to essentially buy off members of a country’s leadership. Although Lenin didn’t say it, “The capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them,” he did say something similar ending it with “they will work on the preparations of their own suicide. “
In his book, Red Handed, Peter Schweizer names names of who has been captured:
The Biden Crime Family,
At least 20 former US Senators or Congressmen have worked in recent years representing Chinese firms with ties to the military or intelligence services.
Mitch McConnell (father-in-law, sister-in-law)
Diane Feinstein (husband)
Eric Swalwell
Nancy Pelosi (son Paul Pelosi)
John Boehner Patton Boggs
Senator Tim Hutchinson (AK)
Ed Royce
John Breaux
Trent Lott
Cong Cliff Stearns
Lee Terry (Huawei)
David Vitter
Toby Moffet
John Podesta (brother Tony)
Charles Boustany
Beacon Global Strategies (Reines, Mike Allen, Panetta, Morell) hired by AMD to make case deal with China would not harm national security.
Silicon Valley
Apple (Cook)
Facebook (Zuckerberg)
Microsoft (Bill Gates)
Google (AI)
Intel
Cisco (Chambers) Tesla (Musk)
LinkedIn (Reid Hoffman)
Wall Street
Schwarzman (Blackstone) Breyer brother-in-law of McConnell and Elaine Chaoi sit on board of Blackstone Goldman Sachs (John Thornton)
Ray Dalio (Bridgewater—world’s largest hedge fund)
Diplomats
Kissinger
Albright
Plus scores of academics who receive hundreds of millions of dollars from the CCP.
Why do you think our criticism of China has been muted?
From FBI Website
“The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray
The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States. Confronting this threat is the FBI’s top counterintelligence priority.
To be clear, the adversary is not the Chinese people or people of Chinese descent or heritage. The threat comes from the programs and policies pursued by an authoritarian government.
The Chinese government is employing tactics that seek to influence lawmakers and public opinion to achieve policies that are more favorable to China.
At the same time, the Chinese government is seeking to become the world’s greatest superpower through predatory lending and business practices, systematic theft of intellectual property, and brazen cyber intrusions. China’s efforts target businesses, academic institutions, researchers, lawmakers, and the general public and will require a whole-of-society response. The government and the private sector must commit to working together to better understand and counter the threat.