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As a mother of a special needs child, I want to ensure that my daughter receives the best care possible, including if and when she needs a transplant.Republican accused TikTok of allowing 'violent threat' to remain on platform for over a month, then suddenly, the company took swift action
During a Thursday House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing featuring TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, GOP Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida highlighted a video on the platform that she described as a "direct threat" to the members of the committee.
But not long thereafter, the video had been removed from the platform.
The video, which featured what appeared to be an animation of a handgun firing, included a message that read, "Me asf at the, House Energy and Commerce Committee on 03/23/2023" — the post also included a hashtag with the name of the committee chair, Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington.
"You couldn't take action after 41 days when a clear threat, a very violent threat ... was posted on your platform. You damn well know that you cannot protect the data and security of this committee or the 150 million users of your app because it is an extension of the CCP," Cammack declared.
Later during the hearing, Chew indicated to Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California that the content had been taken down.
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At another point in the hearing, Chew failed to provide a direct response when Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko of Arizona repeatedly pressed him about whether he agreed "that the Chinese government has persecuted the Uyghur population."
The congresswoman accused Chew of engaging in evasiveness on what she described as an "easy question."
Rather than offering a straightforward response, Chew described it as "concerning to hear about all accounts" regarding abuse of human rights, but said that he was at the hearing to discuss TikTok, and claimed that the platform allows users to express their opinions on all issues, including the topic at hand.
During her opening remarks at the hearing, committee chair Rodgers outright called for banning the social media platform. "Your platform should be banned," she declared.
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WaPo Fact Checker: Anger over baby formula sent to illegal immigrants when America's store shelves are bare is 'ridiculous faux outrage'
Glenn Kessler, chief writer for the Washington Post's Fact Checker department, said Republican U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack's baby formula sent to an illegal immigrant detention facility is "ridiculous faux outrage."
"The shortage of baby formula is a serious issue that the administration is seeking to address," Kessler noted in Thursday analysis for the Post. "But at the same time, the administration cannot be faulted for following the law and providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants."
Kessler gave Cammack's claim "Four Pinocchios."
What's the background?
Cammack, a Florida lawmaker elected in 2020, indicated in a pair of Facebook videos Wednesday that a Border Patrol agent at the Ursula facility in McAllen, Texas, sent her photos showing pallets of baby formula and other food for infants that had been delivered to the detention center.
“They are sending pallets — pallets — of baby formula to the border,” Cammack said. “Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."
The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula.\n\nThe second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce. \n\nThis is what America last looks like.pic.twitter.com/OO0V99njoy— Kat Cammack (@Kat Cammack) 1652286854
Cammack added in her first video that "we literally are struggling to find baby formula around the country; moms are struggling, going from store to store to store and then the stores are actually capping the amount of baby formula they will sell them."
The congresswoman called it "unconscionable" and said the administration of President Joe Biden is responsible for the "open border policy" that is "crushing the middle class."
"They hate everything about [former President] Donald Trump so much ... they're willing to hurt their own citizens," Cammack added, saying it's "absolutely outrageous."
Cammack posted a second video later Wednesday and was no less outraged, saying the Border Patrol agent told her, "Kat, you would not believe the shipment I just brought in."
She went on to say that "he has been a Border Patrol agent for 30 years, and he has never seen anything quite like this. He is a grandfather, and he is saying that his own children can't get ... baby formula.”
What else did the WaPo Fact Checker have to say?
Kessler added in his piece that a 1997 federal ruling requires the government to provide illegal immigrant children "facilities that are safe and sanitary [with] access to toilets and sinks, drinking water and food as appropriate ..." and that the later Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act says that "food must be appropriate for at-risk detainees’ age and capabilities (such as formula and baby food).”
A Homeland Security spokesman told the Post that U.S. Customs and Border Protection "takes seriously its legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of individuals in our custody. Ensuring migrants, including children and infants, in our custody have their basic needs met is in line with this Administration’s commitment to ensuring safe, orderly, and humane processes at our border. CBP complies with all applicable regulations for the purchase of products used in CBP facilities.”
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