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Rand Paul schools Brain Kilmeade on who really owns TikTok

Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:43 pm
Posted by John Barron
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:43 pm
Be ready for these RINOSs to criticize President Trump on TikTok


Posted by hottub
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:47 pm to
I trust Rand over Brian Kilmeade and I despise TikTok.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:50 pm to
There is a reason Gutfeld throws in a Brian Kilmeade joke at least once a week on his show.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:52 pm to
Well, who owns it?
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:53 pm to
Brian Kilmeade is a mouthpiece for the Pentagon/MIC establishment, he is a massive Ukraine shill and wants us to be involved in every military conflict overseas possible

He also is constantly sucking off Netanyahu, wouldnt surprise me if he has pleasured himself to BiBi
Posted by idlewatcher
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:54 pm to
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Well, who owns it?


Apparently majority owned by Chini but with several large foreign investors.
Posted by pevetohead
lurking behind sonic
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:54 pm to
kilmeade is the worst. remember his grandstanding for ukraine with vivek? Embarrassing
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:55 pm to
Kilmeade is a giant douche. He even out-douches Hannity.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 2:57 pm to
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Well, who owns it?


Google tells me ownership is approximately 60% global institutional investors (such as Blackrock, General Atlantic, and Susquehanna International Group), 20% company founders and Chinese investors, and 20% employees.

The U.S. verion of TikTok owned by Bytedance, its data is stored on Oracle servers in Texas.

Mitt Romney said the reason why they want to ban TikTok was due its user base supporting Palestine too much.
Posted by Evolved Simian
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:05 pm to
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Apparently majority owned by Chini but with several large foreign investors.


No. That is not accurate.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:16 pm to
I'm not sure Rand is entirely accurate either.

Foreigners can't own stock in Chinese companies as I recall under Chinese law. When you buy a share of a Chinese company, you actually own a shell corporation for that entity.
Posted by John Barron
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:18 pm to
But our MSM media convinced everyone China owns it and is spying on us.
All because Israeli was being called out for carpet bombing civilians on TikTok
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:20 pm to
Who here actually believes owning private stock in a Chinese company means much? Bytedance tried to IPO and China was like ha ha, no.

China really owns TikTok if they want to own TikTok.

Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:23 pm to
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There is a reason Gutfeld throws in a Brian Kilmeade joke at least once a night on his show.



FIFY
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15520 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:25 pm to
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Apparently majority owned by Chini but with several large foreign investors.

Found the Brian Kilmeade of this thread.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:25 pm to
This is the worst position that Rand has ever taken. Regardless of the ownership aspect, China controls TikTok and gets that data. But also, if China didn't own it, why would Trump just recently say he spoke to Xi about TikTok?

Rand is just absolutely bonkers on this issue.

This pathetic argument that people are making is like saying GM is foreign owned because some foreign entities own GM stock.
Posted by 14&Counting
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Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:26 pm to
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Mitt Romney said the reason why they want to ban TikTok was due its user base supporting Palestine too much.


Was that the reason Trump issued an EO to ban it in 2020?

A full three years before the Palestine conflict?

Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:27 pm to
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I'm not sure Rand is entirely accurate either.

Foreigners can't own stock in Chinese companies as I recall under Chinese law. When you buy a share of a Chinese company, you actually own a shell corporation for that entity.


China limits foreign ownership to 49% iirc. ie-They do not allow foreign control.

When you hear about GM/BMW/etc and their China operations those are all joint ventures due to this.

Also "Mr. Wonderful" himself, who is trying to buy it, says Xi has control of it. No question on this.
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 3:29 pm
Posted by Evolved Simian
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:30 pm to
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Foreigners can't own stock in Chinese companies as I recall under Chinese law. When you buy a share of a Chinese company, you actually own a shell corporation for that entity.


It is more American owned than anything.

But yes, a corporation exists in China at the whim of the CCP. They aren't a particularly trustworthy country.
Posted by ole man
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Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 3:32 pm to
Kilmeade just had to interrupt he’s a cuck like all the rest of em
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