House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he plans to uphold the divest-or-ban law on TikTok as the Chinese-owned social media platform went dark on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, Johnson spoke to NBC News’ “Meet the Press” and weighed in on TikTok’s decision as well as comments made by incoming President-elect Donald Trump that he would issue an executive order on the matter quickly after taking office on Monday.
“No, I think we will enforce the law,” Johnson told the outlet, responding to a question about the message Trump would send if he pauses the ban. “And when President Trump issued the Truth post and said save TikTok, the way we read that is that he’s going to try to force along a true divestiture, changing of hands, the ownership.”…