The Capitol Hill Republicans who pushed aggressively to ban TikTok have gone almost totally silent on President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision not to enforce the ban. Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress,
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.
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton issued a stern warning for companies working with TikTok, shortly after breaking with president-elect Donald Trump on the embattled platform’s shutdown. “Any company that hosts,
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
President Trump’s plan to save TikTok is putting him at a crossroads with some Republicans as questions mount over the legality of delaying a ban on the popular video-sharing app. Trump said ...
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.
Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to issue an executive order extending ByteDance’s chance to sell TikTok before a national ban, multiple Republican lawmakers seemed to relish in the app’s shutdown. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AK) and Pete ...
He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.
If Trump can upend the TikTok ban through secret deals and an impending executive order, what’s stopping him from doing the same to other valid federal laws?
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
One of TikTok's top investors is billionaire Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania's richest man and a GOP megadonor. There is no indication yet whether Yass will attend Trump's inauguration.