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Mar 2024
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The TikTok Ban: Narrowly Tailored or Tro...

Charlie Kirk
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Is banning TikTok a good idea, or a Trojan horse to expand government power? In hyperpartisan Washington, the issue is splitting both parties. The Charlie Kirk Show digs into the text of the bill to try to decide if a ban is the right move. Anti-China authors James Fanell and Bradley Thayer pay a visit to explain the threat the TikTok bill seeks to nullify.

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