After seeing Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claim that the United States and the “Republic of North Korea” have a “strong and enduring” alliance, some voters may be reconsidering her competence. Philosophize On the “importance of time” calm down To a rocket scientist, mindlessly clapping along to a song protesting her existence. lecture I struggle with geopolitics or when I go off script.
Harris’ embarrassing speech, her gaffe that became a hot topic online, Sudden change of accent Rather than casting Harris as a “cheap phony,” the liberal media appears to be trying a different strategy: reinterpreting her weaknesses as strengths.
The Democrat auditioning to be leader of the free world is not a pompous, insensitive politician who only talks words, but rather a fun candidate whose “quirky charm meets the needs of the times” — at least according to The Atlantic’s Spencer Kornhaber.
Kornhaber was suggested “These viral moments are fun to watch because you can see serious people having fun,” the Democratic candidate said Monday.
“It’s not what she said that matters, it’s how she said it.”
“Their laughter doesn’t sound cliched,” The Atlantic writer says, “because it’s so distinctive that it doesn’t. Harris’s laugh has already been heavily dissected for its sexist overtones, but it’s only part of her authentic performance. Being so close to nuclear football clearly hasn’t stopped her from finding life funny.”
As Harris seeks the White House, The Atlantic noted that her flippantness (whether real or fake) and the moments she has been mocked by Republicans make her “perfect for TikTok.”
With Harris on the campaign trail, Trump’s communication style offers a stark contrast. The rambling rally format he pioneered was, after all, a pre-TikTok invention that helped fill hours of cable news time. Against an opponent whose social media popularity comes from a sense of everyday ease (like, say, someone who will argue with you about recipes), Trump’s insulting, comical bombast may seem awkward, or even, admittedly, odd.
Harris’ TikTok appeal also made it onto ABC News Wondering Whether she can ride the meme to the White House
“The demographics of people who tend to vote Democratic tend to skew younger, so Democrats especially need to attract a younger audience that is much harder to reach through traditional media,” Pinar Yildirim, a professor of marketing and economics at the University of Pennsylvania, told the liberal media outlet.
Ted Rall Recently proposed The Wall Street Journal wrote, “Democrats clearly believe in Harris wholeheartedly, but she has given them little reason to believe otherwise,” and argued, “The Kamala Harris cult needs a personality.”
Meanwhile, Kornhaber seems to think that light-hearted types like TikTok candidates don’t necessarily need to present Democrats with something they can believe in, but rather something they can enjoy watching.
For example, at Harris’ campaign rally in Atlanta last week, the vice president said that while he has yet to release details of his policies, Campaign website — He was “coy” about policy details but delivered a rhetoric-heavy speech that was “light, smiling and confident — unusual for a presidential campaign.”
“The next day the video was everywhere. It wasn’t what she said, but how she said it that was important. It’s a hallmark of what people want from politics, maybe more than ever before,” Kornhaber added.
But Harris’s TikTok stardom, if it even exists at all, may be a double-edged sword.
“Harris’ online support could erode if her supporters overtly try to create viral moments rather than standing by and waiting for the public to respond to her persona,” Kornhaber said. “In any case, it’s unclear whether amused voters are more likely to vote. But so far, at least, Harris’s lightheartedness and, yes, her antics are attracting a valuable commodity: positive attention.”
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