Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we know that popular opinion would have each and every one of us believe that the threat posed by TikTok just isn't that serious. And we know from experience that the White House dislikes challenging popular opinion. After all, we hear: This is just an app the kids like to use. This is just a silly app with videos. This is an app that is putting up challenges. There is nothing wrong here. But what we do know is that TikTok gathers all of this information. They have insight into the virtual ``you.'' Once they are on your phone, they are following where you go, what you do, gathering keystrokes, and building that profile. We know this information leaves the United States, and we know this information makes its way to Beijing. Why do they think they need this information on U.S. citizens? Why do they think they need to follow U.S. citizens? All of this is a reason that CFIUS is reviewing TikTok. This country can no longer afford to take the word of our adversaries at face value. Self-propaganda--that is what the Chinese Communist Party is all about. They see that as a way to infiltrate our society, to infiltrate public opinion, to infiltrate and to influence elections. This is not the first letter Senator Blumenthal and I have sent to TikTok demanding transparency, and I would imagine this is not going to be the last.…”