• “TikTok as a platform has created a community and a space for free speech for 150 million Americans and counting,” Bowman said in a video shared to the platform.
• “It is also a place where 5 million small businesses are selling their products and services and making a living.”
• A spokesperson for Bowman, who has nearly 160,000 followers on TikTok, previously said that the lawmaker would “pause on usage” for the account after the House’s Chief Administrative Officer warned about national security concerns related to the platform.

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