Lawmakers ramp up warnings about TikTok, call for national ban: 'This is digital fentanyl'

Reps. Mike Gallagher and Carlos Gimenez spoke out against the popular social media app TikTok Thursday on Fox News, raising concerns over national security risks.

"I urge Speaker Pelosi to take up companion legislation in the House. It would be far better use of our time than trying to ram through a gigantic omnibus spending bill at the last second that nobody's read," he said.

"We have a bipartisan precedent in the Senate now. It's going to be hard for the Democratic senators, who are now on record recognizing TikTok as a national security threat, to not support a more broad ban of TikTok nationally," he added. The video-sharing app created multiple stirs before when namesakes like Joe Rogan and former President Donald Trump sounded alarms about the app'sOther federal officials, including Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who introduced the"No TikTok on Government Devices Act," and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.,Gallagher slammed the platform as"digital fentanyl" in a recent statement outlining the legislation he and Sen. Rubio introduced to ban the platform nationwide.

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