Nancy Mace: We Should Ban TikTok from All Government Devices

JONES You know I ░░░░░░░░ I saw on Twitter ░░░░░░░░ one of your children ░░░░░░░░ their 16th birthday yesterday ░░░░░░░░ it wasn t just ░░░░░░░░ Christmas trip there was ░░░░░░░░ birthday trip I ve ░░░░░░░░ a 13 year old ░░░░░░░░ and I don t ░░░░░░░░ about your 16 year ░░░░░░░░ but my 13 year ░░░░░░░░ has TikTok on his ░░░░░░░░ The House has ordered ░░░░░░░░ removal of TikTok from ░░░░░░░░ devices What s your ░░░░░░░░ on that MACE Well ░░░░░░░░ definitely want to look ░░░░░░░░ TikTok I know that ░░░░░░░░ s some folks that ░░░░░░░░ to hold hearings on ░░░░░░░░ to figure out how ░░░░░░░░ Chinese Communist Party might ░░░░░░░░ using it to spy ░░░░░░░░ Americans My 13 year ░░░░░░░░ I mentioned just yesterday ░░░░░░░░ was going to have ░░░░░░░░ hearing on TikTok and ░░░░░░░░ ban it from their ░░░░░░░░ and they looked horrified ░░░░░░░░ Yeah MACE But you ░░░░░░░░ the Chinese are using ░░░░░░░░ to spy on Americans ░░░░░░░░ the algorithm what they ░░░░░░░░ they re doing to ░░░░░░░░ culture and society and ░░░░░░░░ on our data is ░░░░░░░░ And we need to ░░░░░░░░ to the bottom of ░░░░░░░░ We should ban it ░░░░░░░░ all government devices That ░░░░░░░░ be step one PAVLICH ░░░░░░░░ you know we talked ░░░░░░░░ banning TikTok But TikTok ░░░░░░░░ has people in the ░░░░░░░░ States working on behalf ░░░░░░░░ that company So what ░░░░░░░░ you guys doing about ░░░░░░░░ companies that come in ░░░░░░░░ hire Americans to do ░░░░░░░░ bidding for the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ Party in Beijing MACE ░░░░░░░░ you see that with ░░░░░░░░ lot of different adversaries ░░░░░░░░ ours including the Saudis ░░░░░░░░ Saudi Arabia making those ░░░░░░░░ of investments in our ░░░░░░░░ That is something that ░░░░░░░░ have to look at ░░░░░░░░ taking some balance But ░░░░░░░░ you have companies are ░░░░░░░░ in that are not ░░░░░░░░ friends that are not ░░░░░░░░ allies that are using ░░░░░░░░ to spy on Americans ░░░░░░░░ have to investigate it ░░░░░░░░ if they do hire ░░░░░░░░ employees it s something ░░░░░░░░ we owe the American ░░░░░░░░ They can then decide ░░░░░░░░ or not they want ░░░░░░░░ download this software to ░░░░░░░░ phone that s likely ░░░░░░░░ on them That could ░░░░░░░░ their decision JENKINS Well ░░░░░░░░ the Chinese government is ░░░░░░░░ the White House very ░░░░░░░░ right now to to ░░░░░░░░ ownership of TikTok Do ░░░░░░░░ believe that TikTok should ░░░░░░░░ itself from the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ MACE Well I think ░░░░░░░░ business that s you ░░░░░░░░ in bed with the ░░░░░░░░ Communist Party we need ░░░░░░░░ look take a real ░░░░░░░░ hard look JONES Yeah ░░░░░░░░ at what they are ░░░░░░░░ to do They ve ░░░░░░░░ doing this for decades ░░░░░░░░ it s IP they ░░░░░░░░ stealing IP from American ░░░░░░░░ whether they re using ░░░░░░░░ to spy on American ░░░░░░░░ but they re not ░░░░░░░░ only one So whatever ░░░░░░░░ we have should be ░░░░░░░░ same standard even for ░░░░░░░░ Arabia and others that ░░░░░░░░ investments here in the ░░░░░░░░ S We need to ░░░░░░░░ them all equally PAVLICH ░░░░░░░░ are lots of TikTok ░░░░░░░░ in Washington That is ░░░░░░░░ sure All right congresswoman ░░░░░░░░ you so much MACE ░░░░░░░░ you.”