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Reuters reports:
Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted over 2 million followers on the short video social media platform that he tried to ban as president on national security grounds.
Trump posted a launch video on his account, which has the address @realdonaldtrump, on Saturday night. The video, which has more than 34 million views, showed Trump greeting fans at an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in Newark, New Jersey.
Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok in 2020 when he was president was blocked by the courts. He said in March that the platform was a national security threat but also that a ban on it would hurt some young people and only strengthen Meta Platforms’ Facebook, which he has strongly criticized.
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Trump only flip-flopped on banning TikTok when he learned that a GOP megadonor he was courting, Jeff Yass, owns a $15 billion stake in the platform.
Most of you will surely recall that Republicans have long called TikTok an espionage platform secretly run by the “Chinese Communist Party.”
Oh, and it’s also designed to “destroy the Jewish state,” is used by Mexican drug cartels, and enables the sex trafficking of children.
See examples of GOP attacks on TikTok below.
Today the same cultists that have attacked TikTok in the past are crowing on X about Trump’s immediate gain of two million followers.
Donald Trump joins #Tiktok. Within the first 24 hours, he reached 2.5M followers and 37M views on his first video. pic.twitter.com/U0VrVnhqjX
— The Spot (@Spotnewsth) June 2, 2024
Tom Cotton: “Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?”
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: “Senator, I’m Singaporean. No!”
Cotton: “Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?”
Chew: “No, Senator. Again, I’m Singaporean!” pic.twitter.com/5Wa72aJIr9
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 31, 2024
During the hearing with social media executives, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham stated, “TikTok serves as a platform to destroy the Jewish state.” pic.twitter.com/g2ns82Arcl
— OSINTwarAlerts (@dopaminedealers) January 31, 2024
It’s time to ban TikTok. pic.twitter.com/7Qdo4P7abx
— Senator Marco Rubio (@SenMarcoRubio) November 25, 2023
FLASHBACK: Ted Cruz wants TikTok banned because it spreads “anti-Israel propaganda” pic.twitter.com/WtDCAffz3W
— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) March 13, 2024
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on TikTok: “What we should do is ban TikTok, period.” #GOPDebatehttps://t.co/TMN78yp45R pic.twitter.com/liAKtYFX3H
— ABC News (@ABC) November 9, 2023
TikTok is a Chinese Communist Party spying app designed to steal our data and brainwash our children.
I don’t expect @JoeBiden to do anything about it given his track record of appeasing China.
With or without the president, I’ll do everything I can to ban this dangerous app. pic.twitter.com/IQtQoOdFOO
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) June 3, 2023
“The drug cartels, they are using TikTok to attract teens … Texas is going to step up and take legal action against TikTok because they are being an accomplice to a crime of human trafficking.”
— Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) pic.twitter.com/EXrlb72iKz
— The Recount (@therecount) January 30, 2022
It’s simple. TikTok is a national security threat.
We need to ensure TikTok is either banned or not owned by China. pic.twitter.com/l4RuId7XaI
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) March 13, 2024