Candace Owens warns that “Jews are going to be blamed” if TikTok is banned
Owens: “You're gonna have is a scenario where Israel and, quote, unquote, powerful Jews are going to be blamed if TikTok is banned”
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Citation From the March 14, 2024, edition of The Daily Wire's Candace Owens
CANDACE OWENS (HOST): Let me give you the deal. This is what's going to happen. Don't fault me for telling you the truth. If TikTok is in fact banned, there is no question that Israel will be blamed, AIPAC will be blamed, the ADL will be blamed, Jews are going to be blamed for a social media app being removed. You can see that sentiment building. They're reading these articles, they're already making videos, and Gen Z is saying that the only reason this is on the table is because they don't like our perspectives about the Israel versus Hamas war. That is what they are saying. So what tends to happen is that if you prove them to be right, if they believe that this gets banned and they are looking and they are seeing that Jewish organizations are behind, or at least supporting the ban -- they're not the only people that believe that it should be banned, just to be clear -- there will be no coming back. This will be seen as a punishment that is being issued to Gen Z for the sin of what they deem to be them becoming more educated. So, if your goal is to fight antisemitism by banning TikTok, my prediction is that what it's actually going to do is inspire more antisemitism and the Gen Zers are going to get crafty in the manners that they communicate. I don't think that this is a good idea if the purpose is that you want to fight antisemitism.
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Alright. So, there you have it. That is the current narrative on TikTok. And by the way, that is one of three reasons that I am against the TikTok ban. Because number one, it will in fact lead to more antisemitism. Because when you have someone who is not liked, by the way, by Democrats and Republicans -- a lot of people have issues with Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL -- you have someone like Jonathan Greenblatt outwardly saying that, outwardly caught on audio sounding like a cartoon villain, that's not going to be good. Whether it's right or wrong, what you're gonna have is a scenario where Israel and, quote, unquote, powerful Jews are going to be blamed if TikTok is banned. Please heed my warning on this. Like I said, that narrative is already building.