Harris Enlists Celebrity To Introduce Her TikTok

There is nothing that Democrats love more than celebrities. Earlier in the month, the movement to kick Joe Biden off the ticket was launched by George Clooney, allegedly after being enlisted by Barack Obama. The Hollywood superstar wrote an op-ed in The New York Times calling for the president to stand aside.

“I’m a lifelong Democrat; I make no apologies for that. I’m proud of what my party represents and what it stands for. As part of my participation in the democratic process and in support of my chosen candidate, I have led some of the biggest fund-raisers in my party’s history. Barack Obama in 2012. Hillary Clinton in 2016. Joe Biden in 2020. Last month I co-hosted the single largest fund-raiser supporting any Democratic candidate ever, for President Biden’s re-election. I say all of this only to express how much I believe in this process and how profound I think this moment is.

I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals. In the last four years, he’s won many of the battles he’s faced.

But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can. It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe “big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”

Now, Kamala Harris has tapped a celebrity to help boost her videos on TikTok.

TIME Magazine reports:

Vice President Kamala Harris—the current presumptive Democratic nominee for President after Joe Biden stepped down from the race—joined the app TikTok on July 25, and is already making an impression.

Having uploaded four videos so far, Harris had racked up 7 million likes and 2.7 million followers at the time of publication. The latest of these videos includes Harris with Lance Bass from the boy band NSYNC.

Harris, 59, joined Bass, 45, on the drag reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, urging Americans to vote. The appearance aired in the U.S. on Friday, but was taped a few weeks before President Biden dropped his re-election bid. One of Harris’ other TikTok videos chronicles her visit to the show.

“Hi, everyone. It’s Kamala Harris,” she said on the program. “Each day, we’re seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love—openly and with pride.”

@kamalaharris Ain’t no lie @Lance Bass ♬ sonido original – Kandy ZT

Harris launching a TikTok page has received the ire of some national security experts.

The Biden administration has officially banned TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing national security concerns. This decision reflects growing apprehension about the popular social media app’s ties to China, specifically its parent company, ByteDance.

U.S. officials worry that TikTok could potentially be used to gather sensitive information on American users, posing a risk to national security. The ban mandates that all federal employees remove the app from their government phones and devices immediately. This move aligns with similar actions taken by other countries, as well as previous efforts by the U.S. to restrict the app’s use. TikTok has consistently denied any allegations of sharing user data with the Chinese government.

TikTok has been accused of purposely attacking American youth culture and stirring antisemitism, along with promoting “protests” against Israel in the United States.

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