Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Crowley discover frequent floor in TikTok

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has discovered frequent trigger along with her vanquished nemesis, former Rep. Joe Crowley, on behalf of TikTok.

The social media firm is dealing with a bipartisan chorus of criticism over allegations the app might be utilized by China to spy on Individuals. It’s already banned on federal authorities units.

Squad chief AOC came out against a ban on the embattled social community earlier this week, noting that “the USA has by no means earlier than banned a social media firm from existence, from working in our borders, and that is an app that has over 150 million Individuals on it.”

Crowley, the previous Queens social gathering boss and former chairman of the Home Democratic Caucus, was defeated by AOC, a socialist, in a large Democratic main upset in 2018. He has been quietly lobbying his former DC colleagues on behalf of TikTok.

Crowley has held quite a few closed-door conferences with lawmakers, two congressional aides advised The Washington Post. Since leaving Congress, Crowley has develop into a notable lobbyist round city, most just lately for the China-tied law firm, Dentons.

“I hadn’t seen him round this week however he’s been seen round since we have been sworn in in January. He didn’t attain out to me about this (I don’t take conferences with lobbyists),” AOC advised The Put up.

Along with AOC, fellow squad members Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) have additionally come out towards a TikTok ban.

Crowley didn’t reply to a request for remark.