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Democrats, aware of Donald Trump’s large following on TikTok, are fighting back with an army of influencers. Footage of a webinar training session hosted by the DNC shows a man advising TikTok users to promote Harris with a variety of hip methods, such as “the walk and talk” (exactly what it sounds like).
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The DNC held a TikTok “training session” for Kamala Harris supporters on Tuesday.
See the highlights below. Spoiler, MAGA is “weird,” Trump’s large following is a “challenge,” and one Harris supporter is on TikTok as “woke grandpa.” pic.twitter.com/gcMWviAVCH
— Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) August 15, 2024
The instructor warns that the app is currently flooded with Right-wing “propaganda” targeting “low-information”, “low engagement” voters. Trump’s TikTok popularity, apparently, is a sore subject for the social media professional. “He has 10 million followers. Does that mean that he’s running his TikTok well? No,” the instructor says. Surely the Kamala memes will fix this.
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