FIRST TIME THEY’LL BE HELD IN
CHECK AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
SENATOR HAWLEY, THANKS FOR
SHARING THAT WITH US.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
POOR PARENTS, THEY GO TO A
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND THEY
SPEAK OUT ABOUT AGE-APPROPRIATE
MATERIAL BEING TAUGHT TO THEIR
KIDS, AND THEY OF COURSE ARE
GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED.
ANYWAY, LET’S GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THAT.
ALSO TONIGHT, WHILE DEMOCRATS
ARE FREAKING OUT OVER TWITTER,
WHILE MANY ARE IGNORING THE TRUE
THREAT POSED BY TIKTOK.
KEEP IN MIND, TIKTOK IS A
CHINESE-OWNED APP THAT POSES A
REAL SERIOUS SECURITY THREAT TO
THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
TWO YEARS AGO,
THEN-PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTEMPTED
TO BAN TIKTOK CITING SPYWARE
CONCERNS, AND HE WARNED THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST
DOWNLOADING THE APP.
NOW, EVEN ONE TOP DEMOCRAT IS
ADMITTING PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
RIGHT ABOUT THIS FROM THE
GET-GO.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> LOOK, IT CAN’T BE CONTROLLED,
FOR SECURITY REASONS, BY CHINA.
TOO BIG, TOO INVASIVE, AND IT
CAN’T BE.
>> I THINK DONALD TRUMP WAS
RIGHT.
TIKTOK IS AN ENORMOUS THREAT.
>> Sean: HERE WITH REACTION,
SOMEONE WHO JUST SEE 11 TIKTOK
FROM STATE AGENCIES,
SOUTH DAKOTA
GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM’S WITH US.
THE GOVERNOR, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
TELL US EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE
BANNING AND HE WAS PART OF THE
VAN IN THE SENSE THAT IT’S ALL
STATE AGENCIES, ANY CONTRACTORS,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
SEAN, YESTERDAY I SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD BAN
DOWNLOADING THE TIKTOK APP OR
ACCESSING IT AT ALL FROM ANY
STATE DEVICE.
IT IS BLOCKED OFF OF THEIR
NETWORKS, OUR SERVERS.
ANY STATE EMPLOYEE, ANYONE WHO
CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA, ANYONE WHO USES
ANY OF OUR SYSTEMS, THEY NO
LONGER WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD
OR UTILIZE THIS APP BECAUSE OF
THE NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
THAT IT IS.
IT WILL BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE IF
THEY DO, BECAUSE OF THE THREAT
AND THE ACCESS TO PERSONAL
INFORMATION THAT IT WOULD
JEOPARDIZE.
SO IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
AND YOU ARE TALKING A LOT
TONIGHT ABOUT TWITTER, AND WHAT
ELON MUSK IS UNCOVERING WITH
TWITTER.
THAT’S AN AMERICAN-OWNED
COMPANY.
YOU LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE
MANIPULATED ALGORITHMS, AND
THINK ABOUT HOW CHINA HAS
MANIPULATED THE ALGORITHMS TO
SPY ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
COLLECT DATA OFF OF THEM, IT IS
SO MUCH WORSE.
THEY ARE AN ENEMY, THEY HATE US.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS
TAKE ACTION, AS WELL.
>> Sean: YOU SAID SOUTH DAKOTA
WILL HAVE NO PART IN THE
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONS THAT
HATE US.
HE SAID THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IS USING THE
INFORMATION THAT IT’S GATHERING
FROM TIKTOK TO MANIPULATE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND GATHER DATA
OFF THEIR DEVICES THAT ACCESS
THEIR PLATFORM.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE KNOW
THAT’S TRUE, AND HOW DEEP DOES
IT GO?
FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WERE TO
SEND ME A TIKTOK AND I CLICK ON
IT, I DON’T HAVE IT ON MY PHONE.
WOULD THEY HAVE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION ON MY PHONE RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE I DID A CLICK ON IT?
>> WE ARE UNCOVERING MORE AND
MORE ALL THE TIME THAT, YES,
THEY ARE USING THAT DATA.
THAT THEY ARE USING IT EVEN
COULD POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO GO
BACK AND UTILIZE WHAT BUTTONS
YOU PUSHED ON YOUR PHONE, THE
PASSWORDS YOU USED TO ACCESS
YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS, ALL THAT
INFORMATION.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THE CCP,
IS COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION
AND USING IT TO SPY ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO MANIPULATE
THE ALGORITHMS, TO GATHER
INFORMATION ABOUT US, BECAUSE
THEY HATE US AND THEY HAVE A
LONG-TERM AGENDA TO DESTROY THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
LISTEN, WE KNOW THE THREAT CHINA
HAS BEEN FOR DECADES AND
DECADES.
THEY HAVE MANIPULATED THEIR
CURRENCY, STILL IN OUR IP, BUILT
UP THEIR MILITARY, THREATENED
US, ATTACKED OUR ALLIES.
WE KNOW WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY
ARE USING THIS APP TO GATHER
MORE AND MORE INFORMATION FROM
AMERICAN CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN
USE TO HARM US IN THE FUTURE.
>> Sean: WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT
THEIR UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT WHEN
IT COMES TO THE CHINESE.
GOVERNOR, MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN
THIS TO ME, BECAUSE IT DOESN’T
MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE
COMMUNIST CHINESE, THROUGH
DIFFERENT LLCS, DIFFERENT
GROUPS, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
BUYING UP AMERICAN FARMLAND AND
AMERICAN RANCHLAND, AND OFTEN
THEY ARE BUYING IT NEXT TO
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
NOW, WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
BUY UP LAND IN CHINA.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE
ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN HERE?
DOESN’T IT SEEM SUSPICIOUS THAT,
OFTEN, IT IS NEXT TO A MILITARY
BASE?
>> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THEY HAVE, AND THEY HAVE A GOAL
TO BUY UP OUR FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN,
TO BUY UP LAND THAT COULD
THREATEN OUR MILITARY BASES,
THREATEN OUR ABILITY TO DEFEND
OURSELVES.
LISTEN, I’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, SEAN, JUST
BECAUSE I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
FOOD POLICY.
WE SAW CHINA COME IN, BUY OUR
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, THEY ARE
BUYING UP OUR ENTIRE FOOD SUPPLY
CHAIN.
WHEN WE DON’T CONTROL OUR FOOD
SUPPLY, WHEN ANOTHER COUNTRY
DOES, THAT’S WHEN THEY CONTROL
US.
BY PURCHASING LAND, THEY ARE
GATHERING MORE AND MORE CONTROL
OVER US.
WE HAVE A STATE LAW IN
SOUTH DAKOTA THAT BANNED THEM
FROM BUYING ANY FOREIGN -- ANY F
ENTITY, ACTUALLY, SOME BUYING
WITHIN 400 ACRES.
I DON’T BELIEVE HE SHOULD ALLOW
THEM TO PURCHASE ANY LAND OR
HAVE LONG-TERM LEASES, BECAUSE
OF THE THREAT THEY FACE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
>> Sean: GOVERNOR, YOU ARE
DESCRIBING A REAL NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT.
WHY ISN’T JOE BIDEN LEADING THE
EFFORT AND BANNING IT NATIONWIDE
NATIONWIDE?
>> WELL, HE’S NOT LEAVING ON
ANYTHING, SEAN.
THAT’S THE REAL PROBLEM WE HAVE
IN AMERICA TODAY.
STEEL AND HE DOESN’T KNOW TODAY
IS WEDNESDAY.
>> HE IS WEAK AND NONEXISTENT.
THAT’S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE
HAVE.
HONESTLY, THIS PRESIDENT IS AWOL
AWOL, AND WE HAVE TO FIND A
STRONG LEADER TO DEFEND THIS
COUNTRY.
YOU CAN’T JUST FOCUS ON ONE
THING.
YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON SO MANY
THREATS THAT WE FACE.
IT’S NOT JUST CHINA, IT’S IRAN,
IT’S RUSSIA, IT’S OUR ENERGY
SUPPLY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO WEAKEN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
COMING AFTER US ON THE THINGS
THAT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS
COUNTRY NEEDS TO GET THROUGH A
DAY.
AND THAT’S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE
BETTER LEADERSHIP, AND WHY
JOE BIDEN IS SUCH A FREAKING
DISASTER.
>> Sean: GOVERNOR, THINKS HER
BEING WITH US.
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU’RE DOING.