Kamala Harris Joins TikTok

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running for president in 2024 against Donald Trump, on Thursday launched her own account on social-entertainment app TikTok.

TikTok has exploded with Harris memes since she assumed the role of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, following President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would suspend his re-election campaign.

Those have included video mashups of her dancing and laughing as well as clips featuring the viral “coconut tree” meme. Also trending on TikTok for Harris: the “brat” meme, after Charli XCX labeled Harris “brat” in a nod to the singer’s latest album.

Her TikTok account (@kamalaharris) had attracted nearly 200,000 followers in less than two hours. The first video posted to Harris’ account was captioned, “Thought it was about time to join!” In the video, someone asks, “Madam Vice President, are you on TikTok?” Harris replies, “Well, I’ve heard that recently I’ve been on the For You page so I thought I would get on here myself.” Harris’ move to join TikTok comes after Biden in April signed a bill into law mandating that China-based ByteDance sell its interest in TikTok or face a nationwide ban of the app.