'I don't get it': Top Dems baffled over report Trump invited TikTok CEO to inauguration
Some Senate members are having trouble wrapping their heads around reports that President-elect Donald Trump has invited TikTok's CEO to join him on the dais during his inauguration as the 47th president, according to CNN anchor Jim Sciutto.
Sciutto posted to social media Thursday, "Senators say they are baffled by the announcement that TikTok’s CEO will be attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. 'I don’t get it,' said Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, noting that Trump had raised concerns with Chinese government influence with TikTok. '80% of the Congress, Democrats and Republicans, agreed that TikTok is a huge national security concern. I can't think of a potentially more powerful propaganda tool,' he said."
The New York Times reported that chief executive "Shou Chew plans to attend President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration and has been invited to sit in a position of honor on the dais, where former presidents, family members and other important guests traditionally are seated, two people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday."...