'He's a hypocrite': Internet weighs in as Jesse Watters asks why Biden is on TikTok if it poses national security risk

WASHINGTON, DC: In a recent Fox News monologue, Jesse Watters highlighted the escalating "data war" engulfing Congress.

He emphasized, "Today, Congress is in a data war. The more data you own, the more power you have," pointing to TikTok, the wildly popular social media application owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company, and the bill seeking to ban it. 

Jesse Watters emphasizes TikTok's privacy concerns

Watters expressed, "And in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House gave TikTok, a Chinese company, an ultimatum: China must sell the company to Americans or face a total ban," reflecting on the bipartisan decision made by the House of Representatives.

He added, "Since over half of the adults use TikTok and millions of young Americans would rather give up their right to vote than give up the social media app, Nancy Pelosi had to be very clear," as per Fox News.  

Addressing the potential ramifications of this move, Watters speculated, "Guarantee 'Pauly P' will be buying a piece of TikTok. But what does Pelosi mean when she says this will make TikTok better?"

The Fox News host claimed, "And why are young Americans so obsessed? Well, TikTok turns anyone starving for attention into a star. The weirder, the better. TikTok turns anyone starving for attention into a star. The weirder, the better." 

Watters further noted, "You're thinking, why do I care? I'm not on the app. Let the freaks be freaks. Well, there are 150 million American freaks on TikTok, including me. The Chinese can use it to spy on us," he warned, citing the app's intrusive data collection practices."

He emphasized, "It invades your privacy, collects every keystroke, Google search, financial purchase, trip, phone call; grabs it all. And if the Chinese military demands it, they can get it".

"It's not just for spying on individuals. The Chinese government vacuums up huge tranches of Americans' personal data and exploits it to damage our brains – you saw the videos – and diminish our national power," continued the 'Jesse Watters Primetime' host. 

Watters also raised pertinent questions, asking, "This is cyber psychological warfare. You're probably asking, well, when did the U.S. government start caring about Chinese spying? We don't even pop their balloons. They've stolen our tech for decades."

He pondered, "If TikTok's a national security risk, why does the president use it?" possibly highlighting how President Joe Biden, who previously signed legislation in 2022 to block most federal government devices from using TikTok, joined the social media platform during Super Bowl Sunday this year despite rising security concerns. 

Internet reacts to Jesse Watters' thoughts regarding TikTok 

One remarked, "Hypocritical to say the least," and another added, "We all know why." 

"It’s part of his employment package," quipped a person, while someone else termed TikTok a "political threat."

On the other hand, an individual remarked, "Tik Tok is a red herring issue. It means nothing." 

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