Despite TikTok's ties to the Chinese Communist Party, some Democrats don't see it as much of a national security threat at all. Others *say* it's a threat — and keep boosting the platform anyway.
Democrats have a TikTok problem.
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New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman says “Republicans ain’t got no swag. That’s why they want to ban TikTok” — ignoring the app’s Chinese Communist Party ties.
Bowman even ADMITS he’s against banning TikTok because it could “harm [Democrats] politically in 2024.”
Yesterday, a mom who lost her two sons to fentanyl poisoning told her story.
Today, Biden laughed about it.
Under Biden, illegal drug trafficking is WAY up.
1,400 pounds of fentanyl was seized at the southern border in January. It was the SEVENTH month in a row where more than a thousand pounds was uncovered by Border Patrol — with much more passing through undetected.
Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal worsens by the day.
🧵 THREAD: Here’s how we got here.
NOVEMBER 2, 2022: Biden’s lawyers find classified documents hidden in a closet at the Penn Biden Center, where Biden had a private office — but with just days until the midterm elections, Biden hides it from the public.
Americans won’t learn until months later.
MID-NOVEMBER 2022: The FBI searches offices at the Penn Biden Center, where Biden hid classified documents.
Ilhan Omar’s entire congressional tenure has been defined by her antisemitism and other horrendous statements.
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Omar said the United States and Israel — much like Hamas and the Taliban — were responsible for “unthinkable atrocities” and “crimes against humanity.”
Omar suggested American officials who support Israel were being paid to do so: “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.”