There is Astroturfing going on, but I don't know what direction it's going in. There's two separate bills going on[1], and it seems like the worst creatures in Washington are using TikTok as an excuse to severely expand the surveillance state in the bill that's getting all the press, under the guise of "banning TikTok".

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35363410