Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pleaded with his colleagues to take up legislation that passed the lower chamber by an overwhelming margin in an attempt to coerce the Chinese-owned company ByteDance into divesting TikTok.
That legislation concerning the popular social media app cleared the House of Representatives with bipartisan support in a 352-65 vote on March 13 but has been stuck in limbo in the Senate ever since.
“America’s greatest strategic rival is threatening our security right here on U.S. soil,” McConnell, 82, declared from the Senate floor. “I’m speaking, of course, about TikTok.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has been tight-lipped about when and if the upper chamber will vote on the TikTok bill.
