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From viral dance trends to comedy clips and everything in between, TikTok has become a massive social media platform. But several Wisconsin lawmakers are raising concerns over the app’s use and its potential security threats. Congressman Tom Tiffany represents Northwest Wisconsin in Washington. He and fellow republican Representatives Mike Gallagher, Scott Fitzgerald, Glenn Grotham, Bryan Steil and Senator Ron Johnson sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers Tuesday urging him to ban the use of TikTok on government official devices.

Chetek-Weyerhaeuser high school students Dagmar Beckel, Casey Haugen and Peter Wise were notified that they were awarded first place in the Congressional App Challenge for Wisconsin’s Seventh District, represented by Congressman Tom Tiffany.

"Wisconsinites expect their governor to be aware of the dangerous national security threats TikTok poses and to protect them from this avenue for CCP intelligence operations," said the letter signed by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher, Tom Tiffany, Glenn Grothman, Bryan Steil and Scott Fitzgerald.

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.) said if China’s military invades Taiwan, China should expect sanctions and other consequences from the global community. “If China were to attempt to forcibly annex Taiwan, the Chinese Communist Party would be walking into the same kind of sanctions dragnet that the U.S. has tightened around Cuba, and the international framework that the West has imposed on Russia and Belarus,” Tiffany told State Newswire.

A letter sent by Reps. Mike Gallagher, Glenn Grothman, Scott Fitzgerald, Bryan Steil, Tom Tiffany and Johnson declared TikTok as “nefarious Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spyware that surveils Americans citizens” while calling for a ban of the app from Wisconsin government devices.

"Wisconsinites expect their governor to be aware of the dangerous national security threats TikTok poses and to protect them from this avenue for CCP intelligence operations," the letter, signed by U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher, Tom Tiffany, Glenn Grothman, Bryan Steil and Scott Fitzgerald, as well as U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, read. "As governor, you should prohibit this app from state government devices."

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) has argued for years that Communist China is taking advantage of the American higher education system by using it to steal emerging technologies. He said it is time for that to stop.

'Biden's new army of 87,000 IRS agents is not going after billionaires... They are coming after you. I hope you didn’t Venmo over $600 for Packers’ tickets this year,' Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., wrote on Twitter.