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   Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 12:53:14 JST Lauren Weinstein

   Trump, whose admin, and until recently himself, wanted to ban TikTok, is now squarely blaming Biden for the TikTok ban -- and Trump will probably get the vote of many people who depend on TikTok for their livelihoods as a result. A totally unforced error by Biden, even if courts ultimately find the TikTok ban unconstitutional (as they should).

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 13:04:52 JST Joe Ortiz

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     @not2b @lauren Tell that to young voters, LGBTQIA+ people, and non-white cis folks who are already fuming and pissed off as it is with this Administration.
     https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/112322874975889044

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     Joe (not2b@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 13:04:53 JST Joe

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     @lauren The ban is wrong, but it isn't going to help Trump, for several reasons. One is that it has pretty unanimous GOP support in Congress, and Trump's support as well until some billionaire with an interest in TikTok got Trump to switch sides. Second, the ban doesn't happen for a year, and court battles will push it even further back, so on election day there will be no change. And even if they do sell the platform will be just the same. So while I think the ban is incredibly stupid it simply isn't going to affect the election.