March 13, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alex Altman, [email protected]
Tammy Murphy Campaign Slams Andy Kim for Skipping Critical Vote on Banning Chinese Government Ownership of TikTok to Protect National Security
Kim Was Only NJ Representative to Not Support Bill, Brings His Congressional Absentee Rate to a Staggering 41.8% in 2024
RED BANK, NJ – Tammy Murphy’s campaign is calling out Rep. Andy Kim for skipping out on a critical Congressional vote today to force a company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party to sell its interest in TikTok in order to protect national security and curb the pervasive disinformation that the platform has propagated. Kim was the only member of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation not to support the bipartisan bill.
“Once again Andy Kim is proving that when New Jersey families need him to stand up for us, he can’t be bothered,” said Murphy campaign spokesperson Alex Altman. “Allowing a platform with the massive reach and influence of TikTok to remain in the control of an adversarial foreign government presents a real threat to national security, but instead of joining every other Democrat in New Jersey’s Congressional delegation and taking action, Andy Kim couldn’t be bothered to show up and vote. The pattern is clear — whether it’s refusing to stand up to Donald Trump – or in this case, siding with Trump’s position on TikTok – or to show the leadership needed to protect our families and our society from disinformation, New Jersey can’t count on Andy Kim. In the Senate, Tammy would absolutely be a champion for New Jersey’s families and support this bill to protect our data from being sent to an adversarial foreign government.”
Congressman Kim has now missed 36 of 86 scheduled floor votes in 2024, a shocking absentee rate of 41.8%.
“If he doesn’t want to do the job that New Jerseyans elected him to do, he shouldn’t be asking them for another one. It’s clear he only cares about the title and not New Jersey’s families,” Altman continued.
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