Dem launches campaign TikTook account, after suggesting the platform ‘could also be’ a national security threat

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., launched a TikTook account for his 2024 Senate campaign, regardless of having a historical past of expressing national security issues over the platform.

Gallego, who’s working for the Senate seat held by impartial Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, beforehand stated that TikTook “may be” a national security threat.

“It may be. There are a lot of ways that we can actually stop TikTok from taking personal information and using it,” Gallego advised CNN in 2020. “The Chinese, what they like to do, is gather as much information for use in the future.”

In 2023, Gallego voiced that he was inquisitive about becoming a member of the House committee on China, and particularly named TikTook as an entity they might look into.

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Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz, is working for Senate (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc by way of Getty Images)

“I think I could bring a lot of experience that I’ve gained — the experience I’ve taken from my subcommittee — as well as other experiences on the committee dealing in the [Indo-Pacific] area, as well as the Huaweis of the world and even things like TikTok,” Gallego advised Defense News in January 2023.

Despite previous issues, the Arizona congressman started to make use of the Chinese-linked app as he eyes the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in 2024.

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Just days in the past, Gallego uploaded the first video to his verified TikTook account that confirmed a compilation of people holding up “Ruben Gallego for Arizona” indicators.

A TikTook emblem is displayed on a smartphone on this illustration taken on January 6, 2020.  (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)

In a assertion to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Gallego’s campaign stated the candidate would preserve combating to guard privateness rights and maintain China accountable.

“Ruben has a long record in Congress of holding the CCP accountable and will continue to fight to protect Arizonans’ security,” the spokesperson stated.

Many Republicans and a few Democrats have expressed issues over the CCP-tied platform.

Vulnerable Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, equally expressed issues over TikTook’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), however then months later created an account to advertise his re-election campaign.

Gallego is working for the Arizona Senate seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (pictured). (Win McNamee)

“We must protect Ohioans’ personal information from the Chinese Communist Party,” Brown advised WTOL 11 when requested about his stance on the platform, suggesting the platform may probably jeopardize the privateness of Ohioans.

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“I have serious concerns with this company’s ties to the Chinese government and will continue to work with members of both parties to look at how we can best protect Ohioans’ privacy and our national security,” the Senator stated, simply months earlier than launching an account himself.