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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson says ‘we will enforce the law’ on TikTok ban, 2 GOP senators break with Trump on extension


In a statement, senators disputed President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day extension to bring the app back.

Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday dispelled the notion that President-elect Donald Trump would bring TikTok back early in his second term without the company's willingness to sell to a U.S.-based owner. On Saturday, the president-elect told NBC News he would “ most likely ” give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban once he takes office, something that the senators specifically disagreed with in their statement. It’s the Chinese Communist Party and their manipulation of the algorithms — they have been flooding the minds of American children with terrible messages glorifying violence and anti-semitism and even suicide and eating disorders.

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