Montana Governor Tells TikTok to Take a Hike, Upholds State's Right to Awkward Dance-Offs In a move that has fans of awkward dance videos simultaneously rejoicing and mourning, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill on Wednesday banning TikTok from the state, thus ensuring that Montana's dance-offs remain "pure" and "uncompromised" by an app he has referred to as the "devil's boogie." The ban, which represents the most extreme prohibition of the app in the nation, sparks a statewide return to the time-honored tradition of capturing dance performances on camcorders, only to be viewed years later during family get-togethers or as comic relief after a breakup. "This is a great day for Montana, a day when we take back our dance floors from the clutches of the Chinese Communist influence," said Governor Gianforte while demonstrating an impressive, albeit somewhat rusty, moonwalk. "From this day forward, our dance-offs will no longer be cluttered with cat videos and snarky comments. Nay, we shall return to the halcyon days of the Electric Slide, the Macarena, and the Hokey Pokey. In fact," he added, "I'll even throw in a celebratory line dance session." Supporters of Governor Gianforte's bill, also known as the 'Freedom to Uncoordinatedly Flail Act,' argue that the ban will protect Montana's rich cultural heritage of dad dancing, awkward grinding, and Y.M.C.A-isms and prevent these from being overshadowed by TikTok's questionable algorithms. Critics, however, feel that the decision is an excessive and politically motivated infringement on their right to embarrass themselves online and further spread the already rampant Montana-adjacent memes. Not satisfied with merely banning the app, the governor has also proposed the "Montana Pure Dance Archive," an ambitious project to maintain records of all state-sanctioned dance styles. In addition, Montana residents are required to submit their annual "Dance Declaration," a legally binding submission detailing which dances they are planning to perform at public events throughout the year. Governor Gianforte is confident that the TikTok ban will provide a powerful incentive for Montana's citizens to embrace their new, enforced awkwardness and allow them to celebrate the true spirit of their state. In a public statement, he said, "Let the Montana Mantra echo from our mountains to our valleys: Boogie, not Communism!"