basically means that anyone on a government device cannot have tiktok. now more recently, you saw the administration give tiktok somewhat of an ultimatum saying, have your chinese owner sell their stake in the company or face a possible ban. that s more difficult than it might seem, specifically because selling the company is something that the chinese government would have to sign off on. it s unlikely that that would happen. then you are left with, what do you do about this? is the government willing to go forward with a ban? can they reach some sort of resolution short of that? so far, for years now, as this national security review has been underway by the administration, have not been able to reach a consensus how to move forward with tiktok. you are seeing all of this play out today on capitol hill. carol, in december president biden, as you know, signed a bill banning tiktok from government devices.
his cooperation there. maybe subpoena requests. we will see how this develops. garrett, phil, joyce, andrew, thanks for sorting out the complexity of all of this today. give it time. 41% of americans in the latest washington post poll backing the idea of banning tiktok. some are defending it. one of those congressmen joins us next. nt alone. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. moderate-to-severe eczema. it doesn t care if you have a date,. .a day off,. .or a double shift. make your move and get out in front of eczema. with steroid-free cibinqo. not an injection,. cibinqo is a once-daily pill for those who didn t respond to past treatments.
freedom and you are a threat to democracy. quickly, your response. that is the template. the left tells a lie, big media reports the like my big tech amplifies a lie. they call you fascist, racist, they come after you. you faced a time and time again, laura. republicans face all the time. it s the nature of the business. that means you ve got to step up and be stronger and get the truth to the american people because the first step in stopping this is always to put the facts on the table, get the truth out there and we can look at whatever legislative solutions to do to stop this from happening in this great country. laura: congressman, before we let you go, would you be in favor of a bill banning tiktok, you get a lot of bipartisan support for that but would you be in favor of moving that forward quickly? yes, i would. it needs to happen. we ve seen it with this bal balloon remember, that same table with this balloon say it s an accident. the chinese, they are the one who told
i wasn t intending to do so. i want to clarify it and i hope my friend would listen to my clarification. it is in the bill. either someone maybe had not informed you, sir, but basically that can t be done, what you said. manchin was promised a vote on his plan in exchange for supporting the inflation reduction act last summer. manchin originally wanted the amendment attached to a spending bill in september but a coalition of environmentally-concerned democrats teamed up with the gop to reject the amendment. republicans were mad at manchin for supporting the ira. thank you, chad. we ll be in contact. dana: tiktok. china s bio weapons program. mike gallagher will answer what is the link next.
communist party. an increasing number of co-sponsors. not just republicans. but also democrats. as for the reaction, no doubt teenagers may be upset if we institute a broader ban. but in many cases they aren t aware at the way in which they are being targeted. given that so many young americans now get their news from tiktok. we have to ask ourselves do weigh want to allow the chinese communist party the ability to basically determine what news we get? basically determine what propaganda we consume? i would submit that s very, very dangerous, which is why we need a broader tiktok ban before it s too late. before they become the most powerful media company in america. bill: if you are going to do that then you have to explain your position. and maybe the best place to do it is on tiktok. i won t be engaging on tiktok