Legislation that would force TikTok¡¯s Chinese parent to sell it or face a ban in the U.S. is picking up speed in Congress, posing a dilemma for Republican lawmakers after former U.S. President Donald Trump reversed his previous stance and suggested the app shouldn¡¯t be banned after all.
Asked if the bill would pass the House of Representatives when it comes up for a vote Wednesday as expected, Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, said, ¡°yes it will.¡± Rep. Bob Good, the conservative Freedom Caucus chair, said he was evaluating the bill but was leaning toward supporting it.
The legislation, introduced last week by a bipartisan group led by House China Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher, would block app stores and Internet service providers such as those run by Apple and Alphabet¡¯s Google from offering the platform unless TikTok¡¯s Chinese parent ByteDance sells it within six months.
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