Trump Claims He’ll Veto Defense Spending Bill Unless Congress Repeals Legal Shield for Social Media Companies

have been fact-checking his conspiracy theories alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election, is attempting to strong-arm Congress into rolling back legal protections for social media companies by threatening to veto a $740 billion defense spending bill.

In posts Tuesday evening on social media, Trump alleged that Section 230 represents a threat to “National Security & Election Integrity” and said he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless the law was repealed. The NDAA bill, authorizing up to $740 billion in spending on national-security programs in 2021, passed in the Senate and House with veto-proof supermajorities. It’s unclear whether Trump’s threat will change congressional support for the NDAA..

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