The 11th- and now 12-hour drama swirling around TikTok has fired up the ire of Republican Senators, who met at DC’s Jefferson Hotel yesterday for a Sunday brunch and a follow-up dinner hours later.
Sources in attendance tell Fox Business that the Senators expressed solidarity, stating that the national security risk posed by the Chinese-owned social media app is “about as serious as it can get.” There is concern President Donald Trump “doesn’t understand the legislation and might not be prepared for the strong insistence he’ll hear from the Republican side” that the “divest or ban” law must be followed.
Fox Business has learned that top GOP Senators, including Tom Cotton (R-NE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tom Tillis (R-NC), and Rick Scott (R-FL), attended events hosted by billionaire Frank McCourt Jr. and venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary. McCourt and O’Leary lead a team that has submitted a reported $20 billion offer to …