Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson stated Sunday that the U.S. will enforce the TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells the app to a U.S.-based owner, countering Trump’s suggestion of a 90-day extension.
Johnson emphasized TikTok’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party and its harmful influence on American users. GOP Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts also opposed an extension.
The law does not allow the president to grant an extension without guarantees that ByteDance is actively pursuing a sale.
Johnson added there is no evidence of progress toward such progress.
Today is the last day of Biden’s presidency so he is completely irrelevant to what happens now.
But doesn’t that make it more apparent that bytedance is in on the ruse? Shut the app down while Biden is still president even though his administration says they do not plan to enforce the ban and then bring it back the second Trump is president? (They already brought it back with a notice that thanks President Trump)
It’s not about Biden, it’s about the executive branch. And the incoming dumbass has already said he’s gonna save it, so it is relevant.