Rep. Nancy Mace delivered a subtle interpretation of the U.S. Constitution Wednesday on par with Clarence Darrow's impassioned First Amendment defense of John Thomas Scopes.
"It's not the role of government to ban apps from the App Store," Mace told CNN. "No where in our Constitution does it say that."
Mace was discussing her decision to vote against a bill the House passed with a 352-65 vote Wednesday that could ban TikTok in the U.S. over concerns that the Chinese-based owners present a national security threat. It's now headed to the Senate.
CNN's Manu Raju asked if Mace voted against the bill because former President Donald Trump's recent reversal which saw him first call for a TikTok ban, then condemn it.
"I’ve been against this from the very beginning before anyone else weighed in," Mace declared. "It's the libertarian in me."
Mace's take on constitutional law made its way over to X where viewers admitted they could not fault her on the facts, but didn't necessarily need it pointed out.
"The constitution doesn't address banning apps?" replied Bruce Goldberg. "Who knew???"
"How did they miss the App Store when they wrote the Constitution?" Rick Britt wanted to know.
Argued RollWithIt, "Those damn forefathers were worthless at foreseeing the future."
“'Great point, Nancy," replied @MeachamDr. "I wonder why."
"But...... Article 3, section 2 does say these are not the droids we're looking for," noted Robert C. Lewis. "And, in US vs. John Rutledge, the Supreme Court ruled that any restrictions to Androids also applied to Windows and Apple devices."
Mace also received some sass in regards to her self-described political identity.
"Nancy Mace is as libertarian as she is a good christian," said Harris Peskin.
"Follow up question," wrote @schwiftivious. "The libertarian' in you supports the Chinese Communist Party?"
