Congressional Republicans Are in the Dark on TikTok

“I do know that the deadline is gonna pass, and at the end of the day we gotta make a decision to move on against TikTok,” one Republican senator told NOTUS.

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Republican lawmakers have something in common with TikTok fans: They have no idea what will happen when time is up on the 75-day deadline extension President Donald Trump gave for the platform’s owner to sell the app or face a ban.

The period designated to broker a deal ends Saturday. ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based owner, hasn’t sold. And the White House has yet to brief Republicans on Capitol Hill about what comes next, according to a dozen lawmakers NOTUS spoke to on Monday evening.

“I don’t know that there’s a deal that’s been brokered yet. It’s hard to brief somebody on a deal that hasn’t come together,” Rep. Dusty Johnson said.