03/12/2024: TikTok Ban Debate Heats Up Capitol Hill
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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On March 12th's episode of The Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, a former CIA Operations Officer, unpacks pivotal issues affecting both the United States and the global stage. The episode opens with the anticipated US House vote on a potential ban of Chinese-owned social media giant, TikTok, highlighting the controversy it's sparked among lawmakers. Wright delves into the broader implications of this debate for national security and digital sovereignty. The discussion then shifts to the logistical and security challenges posed by Chinese-manufactured cranes at American ports, examining the federal government's multi-billion-dollar intervention plan. Additionally, the episode explores the significant political shift in Portugal, analyzing its transition to the right and the potential consequences for international relations. Concluding the segment, Wright addresses a pressing question from a listener in South Dakota regarding the crime rates of illegal aliens compared to native-born Americans, providing a nuanced perspective on this contentious issue.
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| 0:00.0 | It's March 12th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, gentlemen welcome to the right report your daily |
| 0:20.4 | news podcast I've got three briefs for you this morning that are shaping |
| 0:25.1 | America and the world. First up the US House is set to vote on whether or not to |
| 0:30.1 | ban China's ownership of a social media app called Tic-Toc. We will talk about the drama that |
| 0:35.2 | that is creating on Capitol Hill and whether we should care. Second, China is also creating some headaches |
| 0:41.4 | for another set of folks, America's port operators. |
| 0:45.1 | The federal government plans to spend billions of your dollars to help those folks to tear |
| 0:49.6 | out some Chinese cranes, or at least address the threat. More to come on that. Third, an election |
| 0:55.3 | in Portugal just turned that country politically to the right. We will talk about why we |
| 0:59.6 | should care and boy oh boy we should. |
| 1:03.0 | Later a listener question today from Perry in South Dakota he wants to know if |
| 1:07.8 | illegal aliens really commit more crimes than native-born Americans or that's |
| 1:12.2 | just fake news we will talk about that in a bit |
| 1:15.5 | But first let's get to our top story of the morning |
| 1:19.2 | There is a battle brewing on Capitol Hill today about whether America should allow a Chinese |
| 1:24.0 | owned a social media company to continue its operations in this nation. |
| 1:28.8 | The company is called Bike Dance and they own Tik-Tok. That is an app with over 100 million users |
| 1:35.3 | in the United States, |
| 1:36.4 | with the vast majority of those folks |
| 1:37.8 | under the age of 24, |
| 1:39.4 | and most are predominantly, anyway, young women. |
| 1:43.3 | Virtually all of the content on the platform is created by a tiny slice of what they call |
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