Democrats’ TikTok dilemma

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Congressional Democrats find themselves in an awkward position with the shutdown of TikTok looming in a couple of days. Plus: Newly-elected House Republicans are non-committal about joining the HFC after accepting the caucus' help in the election. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.3	And I'm Jake Sherman.
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0:46.8	It's Friday, January 17th, 2025.
0:49.9	Let's get into the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:53.6	Number one, Dem's TikTok dilemma.
0:56.5	Number two, will House freshmen join the House Freedom Caucus?
1:00.4	And number three, ad wars, reconciliation, and taxes are dominating the airwaves.
1:06.0	All right, Jake.
1:06.9	Let's get into it.
1:08.2	We have a very interesting turn of events here. Leading Punch Bowl News AM with a look at how
1:16.0	Democrats, which had largely supported and backed the effort to block TikTok, they're now feel like this gambit might have backfired.
1:31.4	Top Hill Democrats are engaging in an 11th hour push to stave off the looming shutdown of
1:36.9	the popular social media platform despite having largely back the 2024 law that gave
1:42.4	Chinese own bite dance until Sunday to divest from TikTok.
1:46.8	In an unusual alliance, Democrats are siding with President-elect Donald Trump,
1:51.3	while congressional Republicans have no qualms about letting TikTok go dark.
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