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BumRushDaShow

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11. It was more for the Ukraine aid that Johnson sat on for months

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:16 PM

13 hrs ago

And in the article I had linked to, there was this -

Despite Biden’s official support of the TikTok bill, his 2024 reelection campaign told NBC News Wednesday that it would continue using the social media platform to reach voters for at least the next year. Notably, the nine-month to one-year deadline for ByteDance allows it to maintain ownership of TikTok through the November election.

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