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Abbott’s renewed pressure on TikTok comes just hours before President Biden’s highly anticipated second State of the Union address. Biden, who’s taken an abrasive approach to Huawei and other Chinese hardware makers, has been comparatively less committed on TikTok. Just this week, the president said he was “not sure” whether or not the federal government should block the app.

“I know I don’t have it on my phone,” the President said according to Reuters.

Republican lawmakers, on the other hand , used the recent controversy over a Chinese surveillance balloon to press Biden on taking action against the app.

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“Now blow up TikTok,” Florida representative Matt Gaetz tweeted.”