Kara Swisher Rails Against Montana Officials for Banning TikTok: ‘Why Don’t You Get Back to Abusing Trans People?’

SWISHER Montana led led ░░░░░░░░ the governor who likes ░░░░░░░░ body slam reporters decided ░░░░░░░░ they were banning TikTok ░░░░░░░░ it s a ridiculous ░░░░░░░░ signaling of the right ░░░░░░░░ do this because states ░░░░░░░░ no business dealing with ░░░░░░░░ This is a national ░░░░░░░░ issue They have to ░░░░░░░░ it The federal government ░░░░░░░░ is working on this ░░░░░░░░ having a state do ░░░░░░░░ just mucks up what ░░░░░░░░ re trying to do ░░░░░░░░ in a legal way ░░░░░░░░ know I was like ░░░░░░░░ don t you get ░░░░░░░░ to abusing trans people ░░░░░░░░ RAZA Yeah SWISHER the ░░░░░░░░ trans people that are ░░░░░░░░ Montana So RAZA Those ░░░░░░░░ our choices Banning abortion ░░░░░░░░ trans rights or banning ░░░░░░░░ SWISHER TikTok And I ░░░░░░░░ like why don t ░░░░░░░░ get to like governing ░░░░░░░░ state which has a ░░░░░░░░ of real issues and ░░░░░░░░ is just this was ░░░░░░░░ and just ridiculous and ░░░░░░░░ RAZA And likely unenforceable ░░░░░░░░ with VPNs or geofences ░░░░░░░░ Completely completely unenforceable RAZA ░░░░░░░░ One thing that s ░░░░░░░░ is this idea of ░░░░░░░░ tech companies rather than ░░░░░░░░ users or finding app ░░░░░░░░ etc SWISHER Well that ░░░░░░░░ because that would be ░░░░░░░░ politically impossible but the ░░░░░░░░ thing is just states ░░░░░░░░ no business doing this ░░░░░░░░ is not a state ░░░░░░░░ It s a national ░░░░░░░░ issue It s a ░░░░░░░░ government issue And they ░░░░░░░░ working on it in ░░░░░░░░ of different ways RAZA ░░░░░░░░ it s a free ░░░░░░░░ issue as well SWISHER ░░░░░░░░ s exactly right RAZA ░░░░░░░░ the analogy has been ░░░░░░░░ for online gambling People ░░░░░░░░ saying well states can ░░░░░░░░ geofence around online gambling ░░░░░░░░ obviously online gambling is ░░░░░░░░ sacrosanct and more regulatable ░░░░░░░░ this country than free ░░░░░░░░ Already the ACLU has ░░░░░░░░ this is unconstitutional a ░░░░░░░░ of Montana TikTok users ░░░░░░░░ on First Amendment grounds ░░░░░░░░ Such a waste of ░░░░░░░░ time It s literally ░░░░░░░░ are they paying their ░░░░░░░░ there if this is ░░░░░░░░ they spend their time ░░░░░░░░ It s completely ridiculous ░░░░░░░░ What do you think ░░░░░░░░ state should do Have ░░░░░░░░ have you changed your ░░░░░░░░ on this You ve ░░░░░░░░ of been against a ░░░░░░░░ and SWISHER I I ░░░░░░░░ not against a ban ░░░░░░░░ want them to do ░░░░░░░░ legally if they re ░░░░░░░░ to do it And ░░░░░░░░ don t think that ░░░░░░░░ probably enforceable in general ░░░░░░░░ I ve always been ░░░░░░░░ the earliest people to ░░░░░░░░ attention to the problems ░░░░░░░░ TikTok and the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ Party and that these ░░░░░░░░ know he could care ░░░░░░░░ when I wrote about ░░░░░░░░ years ago this guy ░░░░░░░░ it s just a ░░░░░░░░ thing So that drives ░░░░░░░░ crazy RAZA Republicans are ░░░░░░░░ the hardest on China ░░░░░░░░ s always interesting when ░░░░░░░░ see Marco Rubio just ░░░░░░░░ concerned for Uyghur rights ░░░░░░░░ not concerned for the ░░░░░░░░ of women in his ░░░░░░░░ SWISHER Yeah Well they ░░░░░░░░ full of aren t ░░░░░░░░ full of ironies And ░░░░░░░░ just feel like this ░░░░░░░░ this is just not ░░░░░░░░ business and they need ░░░░░░░░ move on to the ░░░░░░░░ of Montana which I ░░░░░░░░ t know there s ░░░░░░░░ of things I m ░░░░░░░░ that people in Montana ░░░░░░░░ to focus on it ░░░░░░░░ is not going to ░░░░░░░░ and it s going ░░░░░░░░ make everything a mess ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ s not going to ░░░░░░░░ us to the right ░░░░░░░░ on this very important ░░░░░░░░