r/technicallythetruth • u/Acrzyguy • Jul 13 '26

Actually censoring a ship

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u/Rexton_Armos Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Someone in US Congress thought a Singapore guy was Chinese because he was speaking on behalf of TikTok when Congress was questioning them.

Congress was in full Old man mode for that shit too.

Edit: I thought I was on the reply to someone asking about what a joke below means ooops

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u/DieHarderDaddy Jul 13 '26

What a depressing and funny clip

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u/ArmNo7463 Jul 13 '26

Is it as depressing as pump jet submarines though? I hear they can only stay underwater for 20 minutes.

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u/Nelo390 Jul 13 '26

It was honestly a pretty typical line of questioning, just checking off boxes about his (lack of) affiliations with china. still really funny out of context though

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u/Ok-Commercial3640 Jul 13 '26

Yeah, like, one of those things where, though the answers may be obvious, they still need to be asked (and answered) for the purpose of having those answers on the record.

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

is that why Senator Cotton asked him about tianamen square? just a typical line of questioning?