“Well, you don’t see that every day.” Those were the opening words of an editorial about TikTok in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s editorial page has unexpectedly entered into a crowded echo chamber, one filled with conservatives who seemingly feel the best way to protect the American people from authoritarian Chinese influences is to act like authoritarian Chinese and force a sale of TikTok.
The aforementioned Journal editorial suggested that an “overwhelming House vote, 352-65, to require TikTok to sever ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)” somehow lent the vote extra validity. Which was an odd suggestion, and it was odd because “every day” happened back in 2002 when the House voted 334-90 to pass Sarbanes-Oxley, a bill that criminalized allegedly fraudulent financial reporting by corporations.
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