Time after time, Chew was thanked by both Republicans and Democrats for doing the impossible: making members of both parties on the Energy and Commerce Committee unite against his own company.

While TikTok’s fate is still uncertain, the Biden White House’s distance from his fellow Democrats is curious. In a separate hearing yesterday, secretary of state Antony Blinken said in response to questioning from Representative Ken Buck that TikTok “should be ended one way or another.”

So, why is the president so reluctant to act? Perhaps because TikTok’s communist tentacles have a vice grip into Biden’s inner sanctum: both his son and top aide are one step removed from TikTok’s enforcers.

[There is zero chance that Biden will allow a TikTok ban to come into effect, so watch any vote closely. If there aren’t enough votes in either chamber for a veto override, well …. — Ed]