Rep. Glenn Grothman was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership.
The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.
GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) emerged as a key figure Sunday to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump on the latter’s vow to “save” TikTok from being banned in the US after its Chinese-owned parent company declined to divest from the video-sharing app in time to comply with US law.
Some GOP lawmakers are grumbling over President Trump ... But more egregious than any of those boldfaced names was TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s place of honor onstage at the inauguration.
Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders from the House and Senate and with the House Freedom Caucus,
With a GOP trifecta in Washington ... “The purpose of the statute is to force China to sell TikTok,” Cruz told POLITICO Tuesday. “And that’s what I expect will happen.”
In a statement, senators disputed President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension to bring the app back.
Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith said her video "has been greatly mischaracterized,” but that she removed it so as not to "give offense."
Millions of TikTok users may end up with a blank screen when they try to open the app tomorrow as the Chinese owners of the social media giant refuse to sell the company before the deadline. Former Virginia Rep.
President Trump signed an executive order to salvage TikTok and give its parent company 90 days more to sell off the popular platform.