{"id":2203651,"date":"2024-03-21T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-who-voted-against-anti-tiktok-bill-took-cash-from-its-lobbying-army\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:04:59","slug":"house-democrats-who-voted-against-anti-tiktok-bill-took-cash-from-its-lobbying-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-who-voted-against-anti-tiktok-bill-took-cash-from-its-lobbying-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic representatives who opposed the anti-TikTok legislation received financial support from the app&#8217;s lobbying group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-who-voted-against-anti-tiktok-bill-took-cash-from-its-lobbying-army%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2203651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>TikTok Lobbyists \u2064Influence \u2062House Democrats<\/h2>\n<p>In a twist of campaign financing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">policy decisions<\/a>, some House Democrats received financial backing from TikTok&#8217;s\u200b lobbying groups\u2062 and later rejected a bill that aimed to potentially ban the popular\u2062 social \u200cmedia \u200bapp in the U.S.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition \u2062to Bipartisan Legislation<\/h3>\n<p>In March,\u200c Reps. \u2062Jim Clyburn, Greg Casar, and Jamaal Bowman opposed the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign\u2062 Adversary Controlled Applications Act.\u200d This bill, which gained \u2063House approval, required ByteDance to divest\u200d TikTok within six months \u2062or face prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation\u200c that these lawmakers accepted donations from TikTok \u200clobbyists sheds \u2064light on the app&#8217;s elaborate attempts to build influence and alliances\u200d within the \u200cpolitical sphere, especially in \u2062a context \u2064where concerns over \u200cnational \u200csecurity linked to its\u2064 ties with China are mounting.<\/p>\n<h3>TikTok&#8217;s Controversial Association<\/h3>\n<p>With ByteDance having been linked to Chinese government involvement \u200cand allegations of data \u200bespionage, the pushback against TikTok \u2064in the U.S. has gained momentum. Although President Joe Biden supports measures against TikTok, its fate in the Senate remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clyburn received significant donations from prominent TikTok lobbyists.<\/li>\n<li>President Biden backs anti-TikTok initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>Organizations funded by TikTok are lobbying\u2064 against the bill over\u2063 censorship concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lawmakers&#8217; Responses<\/h3>\n<p>Clyburn&#8217;s stance reflects a nuanced perspective, highlighting the\u200b need for comprehensive solutions that \u200baddress risks across \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. Casar and Bowman, influenced by TikTok contributions, took diverging paths in\u2064 their responses to \u2064the \u200bproposed legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Casar, for instance, \u200dwhile acknowledging data privacy issues with TikTok, voted against the bill as he \u200dbelieved it lacked thorough examination\u2063 and could lead to unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Hacker, a key TikTok\u2062 lobbyist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naked-partisanship-and-influence-peddling-conservatives-blast-bidens-nominee-to-head-omb\/\" title=\"\u2018Naked Partisanship And Influence Peddling\u2019: Conservatives Blast Biden\u2019s Nominee To Head OMB\">made substantial donations<\/a> to various\u2062 political figures, including Clyburn, Casar, and Bowman, potentially impacting their decisions on TikTok-related policies.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, who amassed a significant\u200d TikTok following, has faced scrutiny over alleged misuse\u200c of the platform for campaign activities, adding to the controversy surrounding TikTok&#8217;s \u2062influence in political circles.<\/p>\n<p>The intricate dance between TikTok&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-corporations-consider-blocking-monetary-support-to-gop\/\" title=\"U.S. corporations consider blocking monetary support to GOP\">financial support<\/a>\u2062 and lawmakers&#8217;\u200b policy stances underscores the complex interplay of money, technology, and legislative decisions in modern governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Records indicate that TikTok lobbyists financially supported certain House Democrats who subsequently voted against a bill that might result in the app&#8217;s ban in the US. Among those in opposition were Reps. Clyburn, Casar, and Bowman, straying from the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Influence Act in March<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2203653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24033820241667-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24033820241667-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}