Pence urges Congress to pass bill banning TikTok in US: ‘Enough is enough’

Former Republican presidential primary candidate and Vice President Mike Pence has called on Congress to pass legislation to ban TikTok in the United States.

Pence: “The era of placating the Chinese Communist Party is over” Said in a thread on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Politicians who support TikTok, which claims to be ‘tough on China’ while at the same time transmitting Chinese Communist Party-approved propaganda around the world, are wrong. China is poisoning the minds of American children. white.

“Congress should pass legislation forcing the sale of TikTok as soon as possible, and President Biden should sign it into law immediately,” Pence continued in the thread.

On Tuesday, a bipartisan House bill was announced that would ban the popular app unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells it. The plan was introduced by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), both top members of the House Select Committee on the Communist Party of China.

“This bill would completely ban TikTok, no matter how hard its creators try to hide it. This law would trample on the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans, and 5 million It takes away the platform that small businesses rely on for growth and job creation,” TikTok spokesperson Alex Howrek told The Hill.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously advanced the bill Thursday, and President Biden said he would sign the bill if it passes Congress.

“If it passes, I’ll sign it,” Biden told reporters Friday.

In a thread about X, Pence called TikTok “Chinese spyware that gives the Chinese Communist Party free rein to manipulate the minds of America’s youth and violates the privacy of millions of Americans.”