Exclusive: Rep. Gallagher Rips 'Massive Idiots' Backing Bin Laden on TikTok, Calls to Ban Chinese-Owned App

In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Gallagher, who serves as chair of the Select Committee on China, addressed the recent phenomenon of young Americans going viral on TikTok sympathizing with Osama bin Laden and recirculating his 2002 letter in which the terrorist leader attempts to justify the mass murder of Americans on September 11, 2001. "So for someone on TikTok to suggest that this is America's fault, or that bin Laden - who killed thousands of innocent Americans - was right, is absolutely disgusting," he added. The comments come as bin Laden's "Letter to America" went viral on TikTok this past week among a new generation of those mostly born after September 11, 2001, or too young to recall the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. TikTok micro influencer Lynette Adkins has gone viral after approvingly urging her followers to read "A Letter to America" an Antisemitic, anti-American, misogynistic and homophobic screed by Osama Bin Laden. Subsequently, TikTok announced it was "Proactively and aggressively" removing videos expressing support for Osama bin Laden and promoting the late terrorist leader's infamous letter. Calling for an urgent "Ban" on TikTok, "Or at least force the sale to an American company," he also noted the platform "Is not just an app teenagers use to make viral dance videos [but] a growing number of Americans rely on TikTok for their news." A recent Pew Research Center study revealed a significant increase in Americans, particularly younger adults, turning to TikTok for their news, contrasting with static or declining news consumption on other social media platforms.