TikTok Fan Makes Death Threat Against GOP Senator Over App Legislation

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) warned of the danger of TikTok’s current ownership structure after a supporter of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app left a voicemail threatening to “shoot” him.

In a Wednesday post on X, formerly Twitter, Mr. Tillis shared a 27-second voicemail that his office had received a day earlier. The unidentified female caller—who the congressman alleged was apparently influenced by TikTok’s misinformation campaign—was upset about how the app could be banned.

“Okay, listen. If you ban TikTok, I will find you and shoot you,” the caller says while chuckling. “That’s people’s jobs, and that’s my only entertainment. And people make money off there, too, you know. I’m trying to get rich like that.

“Anyways, I’ll find you and shoot you and cut you into pieces. Bye,” the caller concludes.

At issue is Congress’s push to mandate TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to fully divest from the social media platform. This move aims to remove TikTok from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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