THAT THE APP COULD BE WEAPONIZED
BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
JOINING ME NOW WITH HIS TAKE IS
OKLAHOMA SENATOR AND SENATE
HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE
MEMBER JAMES LANKFORD.
SENATOR, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT TIKTOK,
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD MOVED, WAS
MOVING FORWARD WITH.
HE WANTS TO BAN IT.
HE FELT THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT TO THE UNITED
STATES AND NOW, WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND
THAT SENTIMENT IS BEING REVISED.
TELL US.
>> SO, HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION
DO WE WANT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO EVERY SINGLE TEENAGER,
INDIVIDUALS, YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
ARE USING TIKTOK TO ANY AGE
USING TIKTOK.
THIS BE THE EQUIVALENT OF SAYING
DO WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO
OWN A HOSPITAL WHERE THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO EVERY MEDICAL RECORD
FOR INDIVIDUALS.
DO WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO ALL KINDS OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION PEOPLE WOULD
ACTUALLY SHARON A TIKTOK
PLATFORM.
IF WE KNOW THE COMMUNIST CHINESE
GOVERNMENT GETS ACCESS TO ALL
THIS INFORMATION WHY WOULD WE
GIVE THEM ACCESS TO PERSONAL
INFORMATION FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS
JACKIE: SENATOR LANKFORD IT’S
VERY POPULAR WITH THE GEN Z
COMMUNITY WITH MANY OTHERS AS
WELL THAT HAVE BOUGHT THE
LINE FROM BITE DANCE AND NO
PUN INTENDED WE HAVE A CHINESE
WALL THE INFORMATION IN THE
UNITED STATES DOES NOT COME
BACK TO CHINA; HOWEVER, THERE’S
EVIDENCE THAT THAT’S NOT
NECESSARILY THE CASE.
>> SO, IF YOU ARE A CHINESE
COMPANY CONNECTED TO THE CHINESE
COMPANY, THE RULE IN CHINA, THE
LAW IN CHINA IS THEY’VE GOT
TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF YOUR
RECORDS.
WELCOME TO A COMMUNIST NATION.
WE LOSE TRACK AT TIMES IF IT
GOES THROUGH CHINA IT’S GOING TO
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO
WHATEVER THEY ASKED ACCESS FOR
SO BITE DANCE CAN SAY WE’RE
TOTALLY SEPARATE WE JUST
HAPPENED TO RUN THROUGH SERVERS
IN CHINA BUT WE’RE UNCONNECTED
ON THAT.
THAT’S JUST HARD TO BE ABLE TO
BELIEVE.
JACKIE: OKAY, I WANT TO SWITCH
GEARS, FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE THE
STORY OBVIOUSLY WE’VE BEEN
COVERING ON THIS CHANNEL FTX SAM
BANKMAN-FRIED ARRESTED, AND
THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS,
CONCERN OVER THE DONATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY HE’S CHARGED WITH ONE
OF THE CHARGES IS THAT HE
MISUSED CUSTOMER FUNDS AND SOME
OF THOSE CUSTOMER FUNDS WERE
USED TO MAKE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
TO DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
BUT MORE DEMOCRATS AND IN LARGER
SUMS.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH RESPECT
TO THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND
HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT IF
AND WHEN HE COMES BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, HE SHOULD
FACE THE CHARGES, FACE THE MUSIC
FOR HIS ACTIONS.
HE MADE DECISIONS TO BE ABLE TO
USE THE FUNDS FROM ONE PART AND
TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR OTHER
PURPOSES AND TO BE ABLE TO APPARENTLY USE THAT FOR PERSONAL
APPARENTLY USE THAT FOR PERSONAL
USES, FOR HIS CONDO CONDOMINIUMS
AND VACATIONS AND ANYONE THAT
HAD ANY CONNECTION IN ANYWAY
WITH THIS COMPANY SHOULD LOOK AT
THE POLITICAL DONATIONS AND
RETURN THEM.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN IN THE DONATIONS ACTUALLY
CAME IN HIS CAMPAIGN NUMBER ONE
WAS GEORGE SOROS AND NUMBER TWO
WAS THIS ENTITY AND SO IF WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE IT’S
GOING TO GO, LET’S TALK ABOUT
WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WENT, WHAT
THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO
INFLUENCE AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
SURE THOSE ACTUALLY SEND THEM
BACK.
JACKIE: YEAH.
YOU ALSO JUST GOT BRIEFED, YOUR
OFFICE, FROM DHS, REGARDING THE
TERMINATION OF TITLE 42 SO I
WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THE
LATEST.
>> YEAH, TITLE 42 IS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE TEMPORARY.
IT’S A PANDEMIC ISSUE I’M TRYING
TO BE ABLE TO BLOCK OUT
INDIVIDUALS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
TRUMP USED IT EXCEPTIONALLY
EFFECTIVELY TO BE ABLE TO STOP
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ACROSS THE
BORDER.
PRESIDENT BIDEN STEPPED IN AND
SLOWLY STARTED TURNING IT OFF
AND NOW A COURT HAS SAID YOU’VE
GOT TO TURN IT OFF ENTIRELY ON
DECEMBER 21.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS KNOWN
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AT LEAST
THAT IT WAS GOING AWAY AND
THEY’VE SAID WE’VE GOT A PLAN,
WE’VE GOT A PLAN, WE’VE GOT A
PLAN.
NOW IT’S THE WEEK BEFORE AND WE
JUST DID A BRIEFING WITH THEM
TODAY.
THEY HAVE NO PLAN.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
NOW WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE’S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE LINING UP ON THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, WAITING FOR THE MORNING
OF THE 21ST OF DECEMBER, SO THEY
CAN START COMING ACROSS IN
MASSIVE NUMBERS, AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS GEARING
UP WHAT THEY ARE CALLING BETTER
PROCESSING CENTERS SO THEY CAN
MOVE PEOPLE ACROSS FASTER AND
INTO THE COUNTRY RATHER THAN
HAVING A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO
TURNAROUND.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN
ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND WE’VE SEEN
IT CLEARLY TO INCREASE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION INTO THE COUNTRY.
THERE’S NO WAY YOU HAVE TWO AND
A HALF MILLION PEOPLE ILLEGALLY
CROSS THE COUNTRY AND NOT SAY
THAT WASN’T THEIR PLAN, WAS TO
INCREASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
NOW WE’RE SEEING THAT EVEN MORE
WITH THE VERY PREDICTABLE TITLE
42 ENDING AND THEM SAYING WE HAD
NO REAL STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO
STOP THIS.
JACKIE: REAL QUICK BEFORE I LET
YOU GO, SENATOR.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE
MANDATE IN THE MILITARY?
OUR TROOPS ARE NOT GETTING
ANSWERS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR
WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS
ACCOMMODATIONS OR SOME OF THE
REQUESTS THAT THEY MADE TO
NOT HAVE TO BE HELD TO THE
MANDATE AND YOU WERE FIGHTING
FOR THEM.
>> YEAH, THERE’S LOTS OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN THE
SENATE SPECIFICALLY ON THIS
ISSUE OF THE VACCINE
MANDATE FOR OUR TROOPS.
RAND PAUL, TED CRUZ, MARSHA
BLACKBURN, MYSELF, I FOCUS ON
THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUE ON
THIS.
THERE’S AN ACCOMMODATION ISSUE
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK FOR.
A NORMAL PROCESS IN THE MILITARY
THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO BE ABLE TO
DO.
THEY HAVE IGNORED THAT.
CHAPLINS MADE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
COMMANDERS AND COMMANDERS JUST
NOT GIVING THEM AN ANSWER, JUST
LETTING IT SIT OUT THERE SO
WE’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF TO GET AN ANSWER TO
THESE INDIVIDUALS AS FOR AN
ACCOMMODATION.
NOW THIS PASSES THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION SAYING YOU
CAN’T REQUIRE THIS VACCINE
MANDATE FOR INDIVIDUALS.
I’M GOING BACK TO THE MILITARY
AGAIN AND SAYING WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO TO THOSE FOLKS THAT
ASKED FOR AN ACCOMMODATION.
YOU NEED TO WAVE IT THROUGH
BASED ON THIS NEW STATUTE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT
ANSWERED THAT QUESTION YET.
JACKIE: SENATOR LANKFORD, WE’LL
LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME