🇺🇸AI DEAL COLLAPSES IN TRUMP’S “BIG, BEAUTIFUL” BILL
A deal between Marsha Blackburn and Ted Cruz to block states from regulating AI for 5 years just got nuked.
Blackburn pulled her support, warning it would let Big Tech “exploit kids, creators, and conservatives.”
Now she’s… https://t.co/EylOfKseqi pic.twitter.com/ZKiKRvz6PF
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 1, 2025
Per Politico, Blackburn said in a statement Monday evening, “While I appreciate Chairman Cruz’s efforts to find acceptable language that allows states to protect their citizens from the abuses of AI, the current languages is not acceptable to those who need the protections the most. This provision could allow Big Tech to continue to exploit kids, creators and conservatives.”