While few issues gain bipartisan support in Washington, the idea of banning TikTok has emerged as a middle ground for Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
But one billionaire Republican financier, Jeff Yass, is deeply invested in TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance and could stand to lose major sums should the social media app be outlawed in the United States. And many on the Right want to send a message to the GOP’s wealthy donor class: Stop pumping cash into entities they say are opposed to America’s national security interests.
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“Conservative philanthropists, and their grant recipients, need to consider more carefully the relationship between their investments and the sources of civilizational health or decay,” Ryan P. Williams, president of the conservative Claremont Institute think tank, told the Washington Examiner. “TikTok is a cancer on Western civilization and self-government.”
Over a dozen attorneys general on Monday expressed support for Montana’s efforts to ban TikTok, stating the app “intentionally engages in deceptive business practices which induce individuals to share sensitive perso …