The state department was exceedingly clear this was about data privacy from the start. The data privacy concerns were of no interest to the Democrats back then

The state department was exceedingly clear this was about data privacy from the start. The data privacy concerns were of no interest to the Democrats back then. Or, if it was a concern, it certainly wasn't as important as condemning Trump and anyone that supported banning TikTok as Sinophobes. In other words, data privacy was a lesser concern than xenophobia. To say Trump got it right means the Democrats got something wrong, but they don't want to mention what that something is. What exactly did the Democrats get wrong - the Sinophobia or the privacy problem? I suspect my question will remain unanswered because the honest answer reflects poorly on the party that claims to be for intellectuals. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708024138/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/07/us-looking-at-banning-tiktok-and-chinese-social-media-apps-pompeo.html?mod=djemCMOToday https://web.archive.org/web/20200708024138/https://www.cnbc.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump–TikTok_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump–TikTok_controvers...