Pence worries TikTok bill could get lost in 'fog of presidential politics,’ urges Senate vote

Former Vice President Mike Pence is concerned that a bipartisan effort to force popular social media app TikTok to cut ties with China will fall victim to presidential politics ahead of the November election, which promises to be fiercely competitive.

"I am concerned that this vitally important national security measure could be caught up in the delays in the United States Senate and ultimately be lost in the fog of presidential politics," he told Fox News Digital in an interview, referencing the upcoming November election that is expected to be a rematch between former President Trump and President Biden.

Pence's organization, Advancing American Freedom, is spearheading a campaign to push a bill through Congress and to Biden's desk that would require TikTok to either divest from Chinese-owned company Bytedance or see itself banned in the U.S. His effort includes a multimillion-dollar ad buy in Washington, D.C., and several states aimed at pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other key senators to get the legislation to the finish line.

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The $2 million ad started running in the nation's capital on Sunday, and Pence previewed to Fox News Digital that it would also run at a later date "in a number of states around the country," including Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

"We'll be not only calling on people to call Schumer, but also to call the relevant Democrat senators in those states to urge them also to step forward in support of forcing the sale of TikTok and bringing this matter to the floor to a vote and to final passage," he said.

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