{"id":2197541,"date":"2024-03-12T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-make-rare-break-with-trump-on-tiktok-bill-hes-wrong\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:24:19","slug":"house-republicans-make-rare-break-with-trump-on-tiktok-bill-hes-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-make-rare-break-with-trump-on-tiktok-bill-hes-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans defy Trump on TikTok bill: &#8216;He&#8217;s mistaken"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-make-rare-break-with-trump-on-tiktok-bill-hes-wrong%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2197541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Republicans Breaking Away from Former President Donald \u200dTrump on TikTok Legislation<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d proposed TikTok legislation has become a point of contention between House Republicans and their \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-needs-to-get-rid-of-mcconnell-not-trump\/\" title=\"GOP Needs To Get Rid Of McConnell, Not Trump\">de facto party leader<\/a>, former President Donald Trump. The House is\u200d scheduled to vote on Wednesday on whether to compel ByteDance, the Chinese-based owner \u2064of TikTok, to divest itself from the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-25-gets-33-to-life-for-molesting-girls-in-santa-ana-anaheim\/\" title=\"25-year-old man sentenced to 33 years for molesting girls in Santa Ana and Anaheim.\">popular \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a><\/a>. This \u200bbill is expected to require a two-thirds majority to pass, a threshold it is likely\u2063 to surpass.<\/p>\n<p>Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed\u2064 bipartisan \u2064support for the legislation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-even-zoomers-want-tiktok-banned\/\" title=\"Poll: Even Zoomers Want TikTok Banned\">citing national security concerns<\/a> and advocating for widespread restrictions. However, last \u200cweek, Trump publicly opposed banning the app, \u2062contradicting his previous stance\u200c on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a co-sponsor\u200d of the bill, criticized Trump&#8217;s\u200c reversal, highlighting the \u200cformer president&#8217;s \u2064own executive orders and actions related to TikTok. Freedom\u2062 Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) and other Republicans\u200b have indicated that they will not \u200dconsider Trump&#8217;s opinion when deciding how to vote, downplaying his influence on this \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-overcomes-tuberville-hold-confirms-final-joint-chief-nominees\/\" title=\"Senate confirms final Joint Chief nominees, overcoming Tuberville hold.\">crucial national security issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even some of Trump&#8217;s staunchest\u200d supporters in Congress have chosen \u2063to diverge from his position. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) expressed confusion over Trump&#8217;s reversal, emphasizing that TikTok is controlled by China, which\u2062 he views as an unfriendly nation. \u200dRep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) humorously remarked that he did not receive a phone call from Trump before the\u200c former president made his decision.\u200c Nevertheless, Van \u2062Orden \u2062plans to \u200cvote in favor of the\u200c bill.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), referring \u200bto \u2064Trump as &#8220;the boss,&#8221; expressed his support for the former president but also mentioned the need for a conversation to\u200c understand Trump&#8217;s thought process. \u2064Nehls confirmed that he intends to vote in favor of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans remain undecided on the legislation and are planning to\u2063 attend a \u2063classified briefing with the Justice Department and \u2063FBI to gather more information. The bill does not propose an outright ban of \u2064the \u200dTikTok app, contrary to \u200bprevious messaging from the\u200b social media platform. Instead, it would require \u2062ByteDance to \u200cdivest from the app or face being blocked from U.S. app stores and web hosting \u2062services. However, some lawmakers have raised concerns \u2063about the ambiguity of the legislation and its enforcement mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ralph Norman questioned how \u200ba company as large as ByteDance could be compelled to divest itself, suggesting that they could form a\u200d shell company with future\u200d rights to buy back into TikTok. Norman emphasized the need for clear metrics to enforce \u2064the divestment requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Washington Examiner<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063What are\u2062 Representative Roy&#8217;s concerns \u200cabout the proposed TikTok legislation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R-Texas), a\u200c prominent House Republican, has emerged as \u200ca vocal critic of the proposed TikTok legislation. \u2063In a\u2063 recent interview, Roy expressed his\u2063 concern about\u2062 the potential violation of free speech rights and the government overreach that would result from such a ban. He argued that while there are\u200d legitimate national security \u200dconcerns surrounding TikTok, a blanket ban is not a productive solution.<\/p>\n<p>Roy&#8217;s\u2064 dissenting\u2063 opinion \u200dreflects \u200ca broader shift within the Republican Party, highlighting a growing division\u200d between House Republicans and \u2062Donald Trump. During his\u2062 presidency, Trump often \u2064relied on TikTok\u2062 as a\u200b powerful tool to engage with his supporters and communicate his message. However, it \u200bseems that some House Republicans \u200bare now \u2062breaking away from his stance as\u200c they evaluate the potential\u2064 consequences of banning \u200bthe \u200capp.<\/p>\n<p>One possible reason for this divergence is the changing landscape of social media. \u200bWhile TikTok remains an immensely popular\u200c platform, particularly \u200damong younger users, it has faced increasing scrutiny over its handling of user data and allegations of\u200c censorship.\u2062 House \u200cRepublicans might see this as an opportunity to address these \u2062issues \u200bwithout resorting to an outright ban.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, some Republicans fear that a \u2064ban \u2062on TikTok could\u200b have negative repercussions for US tech companies operating in\u2063 China.\u200d They argue that such a ban could trigger retaliatory measures from the Chinese government, exacerbating the already tense trade relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>This break between House Republicans and former President Donald Trump\u2063 on the TikTok\u2063 legislation reflects a broader trend of Republicans\u200b asserting their independence and challenging Trump&#8217;s influence within the party. Since Trump&#8217;s departure \u2062from the White\u2062 House, House Republicans have been striving to clarify their\u2064 alignment with his policies while \u200cforging their own path forward.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming\u2064 vote\u2064 on \u2062the TikTok legislation will undoubtedly be a critical test for House Republicans. As \u2062they weigh national security \u200cconcerns\u200b against other factors such as free speech rights and\u200b economic implications, their decision will shape the future of social media regulation and influence US-China relations. It remains to \u2063be seen whether this \u2064divergence from Trump&#8217;s \u2063position will have a\u200b lasting impact on the party&#8217;s dynamics, but it is clear\u2062 that House\u200c Republicans are navigating\u2062 uncharted territory as they seek to assert their independence on this contentious\u2063 issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are diverging from ex-President Trump on TikTok legislation, a rare disagreement with their de facto leader. The House will vote on Wednesday to compel ByteDance, TikTok&#8217;s Chinese owner, to separate from the widely-used social platform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2197542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072005958862-1024x681.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072005958862-1024x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2197542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}