Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pressing for the TikTok ban to be delayed to give an American buyer time to scoop it up.

“We aren’t against TikTok. We want TikTok to keep going. But we are against a Chinese company that is in cahoots with the Chinese Communist Party owning TikTok,” Schumer said during floor remarks Thursday.

“Unfortunately, TikTok as it exists today has too many security risks that cannot be ignored. The law passed last year was intended to sever TikTok from the influence of the CCP while keeping the app available for Americans,” he added.

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