McConnell Backs House-Passed Bill That Could Ban TikTok

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (C), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) (L) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) prepare to speak to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Aug. 4, 2015. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called for the Senate to act to restrict TikTok in a speech on the Senate Floor on April 8.

The Senate minority leader said that the app is “a platform that is beholden to our foremost strategic competitor,” as the Senate has halted the bill that would ban the operation of the social media platform TikTok if parent company, Bytedance, maintains its stake in the company.