Mike Pence praises lawmakers who voted for TikTok sale bill as Trump stands against measure: Prioritized US national security
Former Vice President Mike Pence will send a letter to every member of Congress who voted for the bill forcing the Chinese-government-linked ByteDance to sell TikTok, praising them for upholding national security “over that of deep-pocketed lobbyists,” The Post has learned.The letter will be sent out Wednesday and will go to Democrats and Republicans who voted in support of the bill that passed the Senate Tuesday and was signed into law by President Biden Wednesday.
The bill will take about nine months for ByteDance to sell the social media company or be banned, but TikTok has already stated it will seek a legal challenge against the measure.In the letter, Pence stressed the link between TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party and highlighted the efforts of the Trump-Pence administration in issuing an executive order implementing the recommendation for TikTok to be sold.He also argued TikTok has been influencing public opinion in the US.“TikTok pushes content aligned with the CCP’s agenda.
It’s no coincidence that TikTok was flooded with pro-Hamas and antisemitic videos in the aftermath of the October 7th attack,” Pence wrote in the letter, to be sent out by his org, Advancing American Freedom.“I have no doubt that the current wave of antisemitism roaring across college campuses is beingprodded on by the CCP’s control over TikTok’s algorithm.In voting to force the sale of TikTok, you rightly prioritized the United States’s national security interests over that of deep-pocketed lobbyists who sought to guide Congress to put their own financial investments over America’s best interests,” the letter reads.“Again, I commend you for your vote and thank you for your willingness to stand up for the American people against the Chinese Communist Party.”Pence has been a strong opponent of the social media platform and has long called it a “national security threat.”In a Fox News op-ed published in March, he called the app “digital fentanyl�...