<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congress and President Joe Biden to take action against Chinese Communist Party-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States while under CCP control is simply unacceptable,&#8221; Pence wrote in an op-ed <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tiktok-digital-fentanyl-congress-biden-act">published</a> by Fox News. &#8220;We would never have let Russia run the nightly news during the Cold War, and we certainly can’t let China do the same now. Allowing TikTok to continue to spew CCP-sanctioned propaganda poisoning the minds of American children is just wrong. Enough is enough.&#8221;</p>
<p>The op-ed from Pence comes as Congress is set to vote Wednesday on the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which will force TikTok&#8217;s parent company, Chinese-based ByteDance, to sell the company or face being banned in the United States.</p>
<p>TikTok, which is already under <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/us/politics/tik-tok-spying-justice-dept.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal investigation</a> for allegedly <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/?sh=24fe411f7da5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spying</a> on American citizens, steals users&#8217; data from their phones — even if the user has never used the app — and continues to collect and transfer users&#8217; data even if users delete the app, according to a <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-data-app-report/story?id=97913249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from ABC News.</p>
<p>Pence highlighted how the Trump-Pence administration took action against TikTok before Biden surrendered the fight after taking office and his campaign later joined the social media platform.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, every politician likes to talk tough on China,&#8221; Pence wrote. &#8220;Unfortunately, too many politicians talk a big game but crack under the pressure of wealthy donors or personal grudges — including my former running mate. When lobbyists for a company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party can turn a former president against his own political legacy, we should all be concerned.&#8221;</p>
<p>His reference to lobbyists appears to be a swipe at former President Donald Trump for meeting with billionaire Jeff Yass, who has a $33 billion stake in ByteDance.</p>
<p>Trump led the charge to ban the app while he was president, but now says the country faces a &#8220;tough decision&#8221; over whether or not to ban TikTok. The shift came after a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-now-sees-possible-tiktok-ban-as-tough-decision-5c596518" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meet with Yass</a>, although Trump claims that they did not discuss TikTok.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business,&#8221; Trump posted on social media. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want Facebook, who cheated in last election, doing better. They are a true enemy of the people.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Other Republicans have more starkly flipped their positions on TikTok. For example, pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy, who previously declared that TikTok was &#8220;digital fentanyl,&#8221; has now come out hard against banning the app.</p>
<p>Yass <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated</a> nearly $5 million to Ramaswamy&#8217;s Super PAC during the Republican Party presidential primary. Ramaswamy <a href="https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1766858537865445625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subsequently</a> became the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/tiktok-republicans-ramaswamy-trump-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only GOP campaign</a> that joined TikTok during the primary.</p>
<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also took a lot of criticism after he came out against banning TikTok. The <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/rand-paul-backed-by-gop-donor-with-33b-tiktok-stake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported that Yass has given $10 million to Paul since 2020.</p>

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