Pence has sounded the alarm over TikTok's national security threat. (Getty Images)
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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According to the former vice president and former 2024 presidential candidate, TikTok "represents a profound compromise of the privacy of millions of Americans and creates an opportunity for the Chinese Communist Party to collect data on tens of millions of Americans that could be exploited in the future."
Gallagher is the author of the bill. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Once it reached the Senate, it was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, rather than being expedited for floor consideration as some had hoped.
Pence said he discussed the bill and its path in the Senate with Gallagher, who he said had detailed Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell's, D-Wash., staff being both open and constructive, despite potential concerns emerging about her control over the bill's fate. Pence claimed Gallagher told him Cantwell's team was "engaging in a constructive way."
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Several reports from Politico revealed last month that multiple of Cantwell's former staffers are now lobbying on behalf of TikTok, prompting questions regarding the senator's role in overseeing the bill's trajectory.
Pence is focused on pressuring the Senate to address the TikTok bill. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
TikTok did not provide comment to Fox News Digital.
There is no clear timeline for the legislation in the Senate, and many senators have warned that bills often take longer in the body than in the House. However, some have disputed this, including Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., noting its quick passage in the House and national security implications. "I wouldn't accept the premise that there's a default to a long process," he recently told Fox News Digital.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., previously pointed the finger at outside lobbying efforts for the bill's stall in the Senate. He claimed the bill being moved to committee was a bid to "kill it."
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"Just put a sign right there on the door that says ‘Property of Big Tech,’" he suggested at the time.
Cantwell has signaled her intent to hold public hearings on the proposed bill, in addition to a markup. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Commerce Committee, telegraphed approval of the possibility as a frequent champion of returning to regular order in Congress.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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