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0 pointselfbargpt1y ago0 comments

I think it's obvious that US lawmakers were somehow convinced ByteDance would absolutely divest from TikTok if threatened with an ultimatum. They were never prepared for an actual ban and the resulting fallout. Now that it's obvious they won't divest (which should have been obvious the entire time), they flipped

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JumpCrisscross1y ago

> US lawmakers were somehow convinced ByteDance would absolutely divest from TikTok if threatened with an ultimatum

I worked on the bill. Everyone assumed it would hit the ban, get an extension, and then either remain banned or get sold to Elon, Ellison or a Brexiteer.

freeopinion1y ago

Can you point to a lawmaker who has flipped?

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