People Are Dragging Nancy Pelosi For Her Cringey Comments About TikTok

Yeah, that's not it.

Today, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to require the sale of TikTok to a US company or force an outright ban.

HUGE: new TikTok bill aimed at getting ByteDance to sell the company or otherwise face a ban just PASSED in the House, 352-65 pic.twitter.com/XYCr6rgJEl

— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna) March 13, 2024

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And, yeah, people are fightin' mad!

The TikTokers are at the Capitol pic.twitter.com/PcDD01y2x3

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) March 13, 2024

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One clip in particular from the hearing is going viral showing Nancy Pelosi addressing the House.

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Here's the clip:

"This is not an attempt to ban TikTok. It's an attempt to make TikTok better. Tic-Tac-Toe. A winner. A winner."

-- Rep. Pelosi pic.twitter.com/ExkX6bxz0O

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) March 13, 2024

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As you can see, she says, "This is not an attempt to ban TikTok. It's an attempt to make TikTok better. Tic-tac-toe. A winner. A winner."

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Which, like, what????

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Most people are equally confused.

girl what??~€#€% pic.twitter.com/g9qsBnEMBY

— Brooklyn (@bklynb4by) March 13, 2024

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A few people like what she had to say.

I love me some Nancy pelosi 💅

pic.twitter.com/h2zwdlnF67

— your mother is low budget (@Bravotvpoll) March 13, 2024

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But most people are like, "What the hell are they even doing in Congress anymore?!"

We just need to hit the factory reset button on the entire government https://t.co/ef5Ohp75Uw pic.twitter.com/kGY3tTch3A

— 🥀Looking Good Joker🥀 (@Datyelloboi) March 13, 2024

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This person said, "not a single human under the age of 50 in that room, i promise you that."

not a single human under the age of 50 in that room, i promise you that. https://t.co/Lz8xI7I4ki pic.twitter.com/lqFyjJ6u6X

— liv🍄 (@luvclorinde) March 13, 2024

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"Every day, politicians continue to stupefy me with how out-of-touch and fundamentally useless they are," another person said.

Every day, politicians continue to stupefy me with how out-of-touch and fundamentally useless they are. https://t.co/tJYNt8TZUh

— DEJ #BlackLivesMatter #TransRights #FreePalestine (@DawsonEJoyce) March 13, 2024

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The overall sentiment is that of surprise: "These are the people that make major decisions for us as a country."

These are the people that make major decisions for us as a country https://t.co/7zYsnbnER9 pic.twitter.com/8u7cbKeZ0e

— Ize (@Ize202) March 13, 2024

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The bill will now go to the Senate, where its future is up in the air.

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I guess let's see what Congress does next.*

*Probably nothing.