U.S.
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
delivers
the
keynote
speech
at
the
American
Federation
of
Teachers’
88th
national
convention
in
Houston,
Texas,
U.S.
July
25,
2024.
Kaylee
Greenlee
Beal
|
Reuters
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
debuted
an
official
TikTok
account
on
Thursday,
underscoring
the
social
broadcasting
app’s
importance
to
the
2024
presidential
campaign
as
a
way
to
reach
voters.
In
her
first
short
TikTok
video,
Harris
described
why
she
joined
the
popular
app,
saying
that
she’s
“heard
that
recently
I’ve
been
on
the
For
You
Page,
so
I
thought
I’d
get
on
here
myself.”
The
vice
president
was
referring
to
the
widespread
attention
her
recently
announced
presidential
campaign
garnered
on
social
media
platforms
like
TikTok.
Numerous
TikTok
users,
for
instance,
created
a
swarm
of
humorous
videos
—
including
fusing
clips
from
Charli
XCX’s
‘Brat’
summer
trend
—
featuring
Harris
as
a
way
to
celebrate
her
rise
as
the
Democratic
Party’s
leading
presidential
nominee
in
the
aftermath
of
President
Joe
Biden’s
recent
announcement
that
he
would
drop
out
of
the
2024
presidential
race.
Harris’s
quick
adoption
of
TikTok
contrasts
with
President
Joe
Biden,
who
personally
appeared
with
Harris
on
the
campaign’s
@BidenHQ
(now @KamalaHQ)
page.
U.S.
lawmakers
have
expressed
concern
over
TikTok’s
ownership
by
a
Chinese
tech
company.
TikTok’s
immense
popularity
with
the
youth
of
America
and
the
broader
public
has
made
the
app
an
important
campaigning
tool
by
politicians,
even
though
the
company
does
not
allow
political
advertising.
Meanwhile,
former
President
Donald
Trump
debuted
an
official
TikTok
account
in
June.
Earlier
this
year,
Trump
told
CNBC
that
while
he
shares
national
security
and
privacy
concerns
about
TikTok,
he
believed
that
banning
the
app
would
only
“make
Facebook
bigger,
and
I
consider
Facebook
to
be
an
enemy
of
the
people.”
Watch:
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is
no
rebranding
Kamala
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Trump
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