If Sen. Michael Bennet had his way, TikTok would already be banned. But after more than a year of intense lobbying, he’s finally going to have his chance to cast that vote. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday compelling the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok, and if they won’t, to ban the app for good. So we’re revisiting a conversation host Bree Davies had with Bennet last spring about why he feels so strongly TikTok has to go, despite how many Denverites love it.

Here is some of Sen. Bennet’s correspondence on the topic: 

1.   Sen. Bennet’s letter requesting Apple and Google remove TikTok from their app stores

2.   Sen. Bennet’s statement after his meeting with the TikTok CEO

3.   Sen. Bennet’s Digital Platform Commission Act

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