Pro-TikTok PAC Launched Ad Blitz for Nancy Mace as She Tried to Kill Divestment Measure

The Club for Growth has opposed congressional action against TikTok since last year.

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R., S.C.) speaks to reporters after a press conference put on by House Oversight Committee Republicans to discuss their investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s family members, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2023.

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The same day that Representative Nancy Mace (R., S.C.) moved to strike legislation that would force the sale of social-media app TikTok, a political-action committee funded by one of the tech company’s top investors ordered nearly $1.25 million in ads supporting the Republican lawmaker’s reelection campaign.

The conservative political powerhouse Club for Growth counts Jeffrey Yass, a leading investor in TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, among its donors. Mace and the Club for Growth both denied that they had coordinated their actions.

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