JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a data-href="http://www.google.com/" href="javascript:">Click here</a>
<form class="new-tab-opener" method="get" target="_blank"></form>

CSS

.new-tab-opener
{
    display: none;
}

JavaScript

$('a').on('click', function (e) {    
    var f = $('.new-tab-opener');
    f.attr('action', $(this).attr('data-href'));
    f.submit();    
});