Stephen Miller Points Out that RESTRICT ACT ‘Doesn’t Ban TikTok’ Just Increases ‘Deep State Power’

Last week TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress to answer questions from lawmakers. During the hearing, it appeared that for once Republicans and Democrats were on the same side.

The hearing comes after U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD) along with 10 other senators, introduced a bipartisan bill “to tackle national security threats from foreign tech”. The bill is titled, “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act“.

The claim is that the bill is to “protect Americans’ data and keep our country safe against today and tomorrow’s threats,” according to Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).

Greg Price shared on Twitter some things in the bill that Senators are not highlighting:

“The bill to ban TikTok is absolutely terrifying. It gives the government the ability to go after anyone they deem as a national security risk at which point they can access everything from their computer to video games to their ring light. This is a Patriot Act for the internet.”

Andrew Surabian summarized, “Normal Americans: TikTok is bad because it allows the Chinese Government to collect data on our kids. That shouldn’t be allowed. Republicans and Democrats in Congress: The solution is to give us the power to unilaterally control the entire internet and spy on everything you do.”

America First Legal’s Stephen Miller pointed out, “And this bill doesn’t even Ban TikTok! Just massive power for the deep state and no disruption for China.”

And this bill doesn’t even Ban TikTok! Just massive power for the deep state and no disruption for China.

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) March 28, 2023

It appears the bill does little of what the senators claim it does. It seems that it is just another power grab. We will see how far the bill gets. The White House has signaled support for the bill.

We are not legal experts but it wouldn’t surprise us if the “uniparty” is again up to no good in our view.