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Tom Cotton: “TikTok is a Chinese communist spy app and a tool of Chinese…”

Featuring: Tom Cotton, Republican | U.S. Senate, Arkansas

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Published | Video Starts at 35:30

Because I do object to this effort and will object to future efforts to change the TikTok law. Let's remember how we got here. TikTok is a Chinese communist spy app and a tool of Chinese Communist propaganda. That's why Congress passed an overwhelmingly bipartisan law mandating that TikTok's parent company sell it if TikTok is to continue operating in America. Why did Congress pass this law? (35:30–35:37)

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Asserts that TikTok functions as a spy app and propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party.

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