> And as for "low political risk," didn't they just get their phone lines jammed with complaints? Sure, and how many people are going to change their votes on

> And as for "low political risk," didn't they just get their phone lines jammed with complaints? Sure, and how many people are going to change their votes on the issue? Are they going to take it more seriously than immigration policy, abortion rights, support for Israel, the actual issue of our trade deficit with China, etc? I sincerely doubt it. It's pure distraction. They can point to it and claim they're taking the Chinese threat seriously. > IIRC, CIFUS successful forced the Chinese to divest Grindr. I don't see why this divestment would be out of reach. They invested about $250M, most of which was only a year before they sold it for $600M. They could have fought harder but I doubt they were too upset about that massive, quick profit. TikTok has a lot more at stake -- although who knows, maybe they'll find someone with extremely deep pockets.