Florida Senator Marco Rubio and other Republicans sent a letter to Democratic President Joe Biden urging him to immediately delete his newly created TikTok account and prioritize U.S. national security.
According to the Florida Republican Senator, TikTok is a social media app controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and is a national security risk to the United States. President Biden is now creating content for a TikTok account created by his presidential re-election campaign.
“Over the past several years, officials from both sides of the aisle have cautioned Americans against downloading TikTok and worked to eliminate national security risks posed by the app,” the Republicans wrote. “We urge you to delete your account and publicly acknowledge the national security threat posed by TikTok.”
The Senator noted that Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and President Joe Biden’s White House acknowledge this threat.
“In short, there was a time when your administration publicly stated the threat posed by TikTok,” the letter stated. “It is incredibly troubling, then, that you are now ignoring TikTok’s well-established national security risks.”
Republican Senators also asked the President three questions, which the Democrat is not likely to answer. “How can the federal government warn Americans about the risks of this app if the Commander in Chief uses it, too? Why should government employees be expected to honor a ban on official devices when the President rebuts the core justification for the law? And why should Americans believe you will protect them from foreign threats, when your use of the platform suggests disregard for well-known national security threats?”
Read the full letter signed by Florida Senator Marco Rubio to President Joe Biden regarding TikTok here:
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