TikTok / @kamalaharris
Vice President Kamala Harris is getting with the occasions … as in, she’s becoming a member of a social media app fashionable with youthful voters.
Harris is now on TikTok … becoming a member of the platform Thursday to maintain constructing on her momentum with Democrats, which has been apparent since President Biden dropped out of the race Sunday and endorsed her for prez.
The present veep’s first TikTok submit was temporary and to the purpose, explaining why she began an official account — “Well, I’ve heard that recently I’ve been on the For You Page, so I thought I’d get on here myself.”
As of this submit, it is solely been somewhat over an hour since she joined, and he or she’s already collected greater than 300,000 followers … with 349K likes.
Kamala’s TikTok bio says … “When we fight, we win.”
As you realize, she’s barreling towards changing into the Democratic nominee for president and is selecting up endorsements left and proper from distinguished Dems and celebs.
Now, she’s making a really strategic play for the Gen Z vote … a demographic that may very well be key to her presidential aspirations.
For his half, Donald Trump is already on TikTok — he joined in June, however he knew he could be the Republican nominee lengthy earlier than Harris knew she was getting the nod for her celebration. Trump has 9.2 million followers and 23 million likes.
We’ll see who rides the TikTok wave into the White Home come November!!!