House Homeland Security Chairman Asks Supporters to Join His TikTok

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Jan. 6 Committee chairman, speaks during a "House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol" in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 13, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, recently urged his supporters to follow his TikTok, the popular Chinese video-sharing app that has drawn national security concerns.

“Follow my new account on TikTok. (benniegthompson),” Thompson wrote on Twitter on July 1.