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Mike Rogers: “We have social media, including TikTok, under the influence…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 22:58

And my argument is, it's about time we get serious about these problems in the United States. Again, a lot of this we can't read when we graduate. We have these high mental health stresses. We have social media, including TikTok, under the influence of the Communist Party, wants our kids to do different kinds of things than they're doing for themselves. It's time we kind of dust ourselves off, as I say, get our heads out of our collective backside in the country and start having hard conversations so we can prepare ourselves to compete with China. (22:58–23:08)

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Asserts that social media platforms like TikTok, influenced by the Communist Party, are affecting American youth.

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