Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, recently urged his supporters to follow his TikTok, the popular Chinese video-sharing app that has drawn national security concerns.
“Follow my new account on TikTok. (benniegthompson),” Thompson wrote on Twitter on July 1.
At the time of writing, the Democratic lawmaker had 63 followers on his newly created TikTok account, but he had not posted any videos.
Currently, Thompson also chairs the Jan. 6 Select Committee. The longtime lawmaker is seeking reelection this year in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District, facing Republican challenger Brian Flowers.
In March, Thompson supported a bill (H.R.6837) to ban TikTok on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) devices, which the House Homeland Security Committee approved. The legislation was introduced a month earlier by Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) with the goal of stopping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from spying on Americans using TikTok….