{"id":2208275,"date":"2024-03-28T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-puts-vulnerable-democratic-senators-on-the-clock\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:54:25","slug":"tiktok-puts-vulnerable-democratic-senators-on-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-puts-vulnerable-democratic-senators-on-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok pressures at-risk Democratic senators"},"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\">10<\/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%2Ftiktok-puts-vulnerable-democratic-senators-on-the-clock%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=2208275&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--><p>TikTok launches a campaign\u200b targeting senators in battleground states like \u200bNevada,\u200b Montana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. With a $2.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-introduce-court-packing-bill\/\" title=\"Democrats Introduce Court-Packing Bill\">1 million ad buy<\/a>,\u2062 Democrats face challenges amid Republican pressure to regain control of the Senate.\u200b Key senators\u200d like\u2064 Tammy\u200c Baldwin, Jacky Rosen, and Jon Tester are in tight races,\u200d while concerns about TikTok&#8217;s national security implications remain prominent. Additional states\u2062 targeted\u200d include New \u200dYork, Massachusetts, and Minnesota.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TikTok<\/a> is launching a campaign to target <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>senators<\/a> facing tough election challenges to try and save the popular app from a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> bill threatening its future in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The $2.1 million ad buy will run in Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Democrats fighting to hold on to seats in those battleground states are under mountains of pressure as Republicans believe they are on a glide path to retaking the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is up for reelection, and she has said she <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2024\/03\/13\/congress-tiktok-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>supports<\/a> the House\u2019s attempt to restrict the app as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>. She is up against GOP challenger Eric Hovde, a businessman, who has not made his stance on the app known.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is neck and neck with challenger Sam Brown. Polls show the senator leading Brown by just 1.6%. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is leading Republican challenger Tim Sheehy by just 2%.<\/p>\n<p>It is uncertain how large of a role TikTok will play in this race and others, but TikTok has been on the fringes of national security conversations since Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. Republicans, and many Democrats, have renewed concerns about the influence the Chinese government has over the app and its ability to access information about U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>New York, Massachusetts, and Minnesota will also be subjected to the advertisements. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who is up for reelection, has been a strong opponent of the Chinese-owned app. She and other members of Congress questioned TikTok\u2019s parent company ByteDance\u2019s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shakeup-twitter-fires-head-of-security\/\" title=\"Shakeup: Twitter Fires Head of Security\">protect user data<\/a> from China in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-ban-ceo-congressional-hearing-bytedance-china-44d948c5b0ba18e2a714e0fa62d52779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At least 150 million Americans use TikTok, including politicians such as Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA). The ad campaign presents the loss of TikTok as a total blow to many people\u2019s livelihoods and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-promises-to-refuse-any-governments-demands-to-surveille-users-phones\/\" title=\"Apple Promises To Refuse Any Government\u2019s Demands To Surveille Users\u2019 Phones\">include national<\/a> and local TV advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about the 5 million small business owners that rely on TikTok to provide for their families,\u201d one TikTok user says in the <a href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/c646cc79-6dab-481e-86ab-095e423c7783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is not an outright ban on the app but instead requires ByteDance to divest TikTok from its holdings in six months, or else it will be removed from U.S. app stores.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the House by a vote of 352-65, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said senators would need time to review the legislation before timelines could be shared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TikTok users have bombarded congressional offices, demanding members vote against the bill. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he has received at least 1,000 calls to his office since the House passed the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think the public at large should know that the government is attempting to trample the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">free speech rights<\/a> of 170 million Americans and devastate 7 million small businesses nationwide,\u201d a TikTok spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/go.politicoemail.com\/?qs=a38a989f73182be5c15b0fec8b8c387dc21ef6a0b1ebe653aee8c2bee7f496baaa340127bd100246b8e9223ac651f1dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CNBC News.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok initiates a campaign aimed at senators in tight reelection races to defend the app against a House bill. A $2.1 million ad campaign will target battleground states like Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio where Democrats are vying to retain their seats amid increasing competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2208276,"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\/AP22065786938792-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208275","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\/AP22065786938792-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208275","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}