Ilhan Omar Defends TikTok: We No Longer Have to Rely on Legacy Media for Information About Gaza Attack

PHILLIP: “One of the things happening on Capitol Hill this week, it‘s become a big point of contention, a ban on TikTok. You have — this might surprise some people — the same position as Donald Trump when it comes to banning TikTok. Does that feel a little weird to you?”
Omar: “I have the same position as the majority of Americans and TikTok users have. You know, today we had an intel briefing, and None of the information that was provided to us really was persuasive in the fact that there is anything to be really concerned, that it‘s not concerning when it comes to Facebook or Twitter.
PHILLIP: “So, we just had one of your Democratic colleagues, Congressman Moskowitz, on the show last night. He suggested that, for example, when it comes to the Israel-Hamas war, that China is using TikTok‘s algorithms to ramp up divisions in this country. And that‘s one of the concerns that he has in terms of national security. Do you think there‘s any validity to that?”
Omar: “What I do think that people are finding discomfort is the fact that for the first time in our nation‘s history, Americans have access to real images of the horrors that are experienced by Palestinians daily and the onslaught that is taking place. This horrific assault on Gaza really is being streamed to every single person here in this country, so we no longer have to rely on legacy media to get that information. Every single person has the information directly from the mouth of the people who are being slaughtered.”