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I would suppose that the Democrats would remove the policy regardless of who was in charge.

• Braxton1980 1y ago
  How?
  • ajmurmann 1y ago
    Vote with Republicans in removing it
    • riehwvfbk 1y ago
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    • jyounker 1y ago
      But Republicans put it in. The proposed. They were the vast majority of the votes for it. It was signed by Trump. It was their baby.
      • Braxton1980 1y ago
        2020 - Trump goes after tiktok https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/trump-to-order-china-s-bytedance-to-sell-tiktok-u-s-operations https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/trump-to-... In 2024 two bills (merged later) went through the Republican controlled House with a bipartisan vote (350+ for) [1] then the Democrat controlled Senate [2] with another bipartisan vote (79-18, attached to an Israeli funding bill) basically following whatTrump wanted. Late 2024 - Trump then offered to save the service when the Public turned against the ban and used it as a campaign item. 2025 - His supporters were all over Tiktok praising him, including the CEO of Tiktok when he put a pause on the required sale. He's also extended the deadline multiple times now. ---------------------------- Republicans might start using this tactic more now that it's been shown to work. It's similar to the "Fuck the next admin" tax bill that he put in his first term. [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-house-vote-force-bytedance-divest-tiktok-or-face-ban-2024-03-13/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-house-vote-force-byted... [2] https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-congress-bill-1c48466df82f3684bd6eb21e61ebcb8d https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-congress-bill-1c48466d...
• happyopossum 1y ago
  But they didn’t, so that supposition is bunk
  • devmor 1y ago
    When did they have control of the senate without a BD being the lynchpin?