U.S. Republicans Balk As Trump Uses Defense Bill For Leverage On Big Tech

That’s not a part of the bill,” Senator Jim Inhofe, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters.
Congressional aides said the final version of the NDAA does not include the Section 230 repeal demanded by Trump.
The president earlier had threatened to veto the NDAA if it did not allow the Confederate names to remain in place.
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Trump was serious about his veto threat and wanted to use what leverage he had to repeal the tech protection law.
Republican House member Adam Kinzinger summed up the frustration of many with Trump with his own Tweet on Wednesday, noting how he would respond to a veto.

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