Edward Markey: “President Trump's move was illegal both the first time he…”

“My colleagues may be wondering, didn't President Trump just extend the TikTok deadline last week by 75 days? Why are we passing legislation to do the same thing? Well, it's because we need legislation. Because President Trump's move was illegal both the first time he extended the [TikTok] deadline in January and his second extension last Friday. Although the statute permits the president to extend the TikTok deadline by 90 days if certain conditions are met, President Trump never triggered that provision in the statute.” (29:59–30:09)

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