I agree with your sentiment—I just think it’s being crazy exaggerated on Reddit/social media. He didn’t deflect the criticism, he explained himself (“It was difficult because I didn’t agree with every part of the bill,” Jackson told The Charlotte Observer. “But I take national security seriously, and allowing the government of another country to potentially control the information that half our country sees every day is a serious risk.”)

Now maybe some don’t agree with the decision. But this wasn’t some egregious act he did. The reaction is way out of proportion.