Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., told Newsmax that the bill that would force ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to sell the popular video app to a U.S. company or face a ban is “important” to protect American children from being targeted by the communist Chinese government.
Rodgers, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the lower chamber “overwhelmingly” passed the legislation that would “force TikTok to make the choice as to whether or not it wants to remain controlled by ByteDance and ultimately, the Chinese Communist Party [CCP].”
“This is important legislation to protect Americans, to protect American children from the Chinese Communist Party,” Rodgers said Friday on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “TikTok is a tool that is controlled by ByteDance and, ultimately, the Chinese Communist Party and the legislation is a…
