Retiring GOP Rep Takes Job With Peter Thiel’s Palantir

Rolling Stone reports:

Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who led the charge on a bill that could effectively ban TikTok within the country — on the basis that China can “surveil its users” — plans to take up a post with the American surveillance company and defense contractor Palantir.

Gallagher, who currently chairs the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, was the lead sponsor on the bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the popular social media platform.

After the vote, Palantir executive Jacob Helberg, who also serves on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, called on his social media followers to fund opponents to lawmakers who voted no on the bill to ban TikTok.

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Mike Gallagher pushed the bill to ban TikTok because China can “surveil its users.” Now, he’s resigning and joining an American surveillance firm

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— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 22, 2024

lol of course. Thiel has made big bets on intensifying US-China conflict, which Gallagher has contributed so much to https://t.co/4d0Y7ydnKI

— Tobita Chow (@tobitac) March 22, 2024

No surprise to see Palantir $PLTR Thiel and Karp Gang as main donor behind China Hawk Mike Gallagher who pushed the TikTok ban and lead the China Committee amongst other thing .. pic.twitter.com/w26LBjtcBV

— Marcel Münch (@_mm85) March 15, 2024