Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
If all goes according to plan, in roughly 24 hours, the Republican-led House will vote on a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to either sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States. As an Associated Press report on the effort noted, the legislation cleared committee on a rare unanimous vote, but its fate on the House floor remains to be seen.
In this case, why did Trump flip-flop on TikTok? My MSNBC colleague Zeeshan Aleem noted: During a CNBC appearance yesterday, the former president noted his executive order that effectively would’ve banned TikTok, before quickly adding, “I didn’t push them too hard.” If that sounds like a position that doesn’t make a lot of sense, it’s because his on-air comments were largely incoherent.
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