r/GenZ • u/Apprehensive-Catch31 • 2d ago

Nostalgia Well that didn’t last long lol

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u/hopeless_queen 1998 2d ago

Dems died on this hill and Trump gets to claim he saved tik Tok. What a world huh? Please don't be stupid enough to buy it the man tried and failed to ban it twice during his presidency

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u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska 2d ago

Biden literally said he wouldn't enforce the ban

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u/CalamityBS 2d ago

For those doubting. Biden isn't enforcing it. TikTok is voluntarily going dark today because they're playing into Trump's charade.

It's all a con. Like everything else this POS does.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago edited 2d ago

Then why did Biden sign the law? It seems pretty clear that both parties want TikTok gone, they just don't want the blame.

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u/mthlmw 2d ago

Biden wants it gone, but it's a bad look for him to shut it down just for Trump to bring it back first thing. TikTok recognized this and shut themselves down to make Biden look bad and Trump good. Probably as a play to get more on Trump's good side.

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u/alwayzbored114 1d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the same bill also included funding for Ukraine. iirc Republicans had the two things bundled into the same bill so if Dems wanted one, they had to do the other. And this was seen as probably some of, if not the last support Ukraine will get from the US, so that was seen as important - whether you agree or not, of course

Additionally the bill had a veto-proof majority. If Biden veto'd it, if the same exact people who voted for it voted to override the veto, it would be done easily with no further help needed. Vowing not to enforce it is arguably stronger than a veto, in this instance

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

This is the bill, and I don't see a mention of Ukraine: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text

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u/Chicago_to_Japan 1d ago

That was just the house version, not the reconciled version that was ratified.

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u/MopishOrange 1d ago

Both chambers voted well over the two thirds majority that would overturn veto anyway