Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R‑KY) called on Congress to pass a bill that would ban TikTok unless the social media platform’s Chinese owners divest from it.
The Kentucky Republican pushed the bill’s passage in the upper chamber during a floor speech on Monday. The legislation passed the House last month with broad support inside both parties, with a final vote of 352 in favor and 65 against.
“America’s greatest strategic rival is threatening our security right here on U.S. soil in tens of millions of [American] homes,” McConnell said, according to Axios. …