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“The biggest winner of our new national defense bill is China (the CCP)! I will veto it!” Trump said on Twitter on Sunday.
THE BIGGEST WINNER OF OUR NEW DEFENSE TICKET IS CHINA! VETO!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2020
The United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (also known as the National Defense Budget Act, NDAA) for fiscal year 2021 by 84 votes to 13 on December 11. The House of Representatives passed the bill earlier by a vote of 335 to 78. This bill will then be presented to President Trump.
President Trump (Trump) will have 10 days (excluding non-working days) to cast a veto, sign it, or allow it to become law without the president’s signature.
President Trump previously disputed the content of the National Defense Authorization Act. One of the disputes is section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides an umbrella for social media.
This provision grants immunity to social media companies from being prosecuted for content that appears on their platforms or that they have removed some content.
Due to the controversy over fraud in this year’s US elections, Google, Twitter and Facebook continued to remove and suppress comments that raised electoral fraud and false votes under the protection of Article 230. Including Trump’s posts, they have been hidden or tagged many times.
Trump has previously said on Twitter that if the National Defense Authorization Act cannot repeal Section 230, he will veto the bill. Trump said Section 230 provides space for big tech companies to shirk responsibility and poses a serious threat to national security and electoral integrity. If the law is allowed to exist, America will never be safe.
Trump previously condemned Twitter and other social media for blocking the accounts of conservative Republican lawmakers in an attempt to clamp down on lawmakers and expose the truth. He said: “Only communist countries do that.”
Trump also opposed the inclusion of the National Defense Authorization Act, a proposal to rename 10 military installations after Confederate leaders and a possible slowdown in plans for the United States to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Germany.
Editor-in-charge: Gao Jing
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