{"id":2328591,"date":"2024-08-21T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-latest-politician-to-join-tiktok-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:40:29","slug":"buttigieg-becomes-latest-politician-to-join-tiktok-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-latest-politician-to-join-tiktok-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg becomes latest politician to join TikTok ahead of election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuttigieg-becomes-latest-politician-to-join-tiktok-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation\u200b Secretary Pete Buttigieg is the\u200b latest in a line \u2064of politicians to join \u200dTikTok, which he \u200bdid on a Wednesday, as a strategy \u2063to engage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unstable-non-genius-biden-aides-feared-cranky-candidates-epic-tongue-lashings-book-finds\/\" title=\"UNSTABLE NON-GENIUS: Biden Aides Feared \u2018Cranky\u2019 Candidate\u2019s \u2018Epic Tongue-Lashings,\u2019 Book Finds\">younger voters<\/a> ahead of\u200c upcoming elections. \u2063Following the footsteps of figures like former President Donald Trump,\u2064 Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris,\u2064 and others, \u2064Buttigieg\u2064 has quickly garnered 180,000 followers on the platform. In his inaugural TikTok video, he humorously introduced himself by referencing his \u2063past appearances on Fox\u2064 News, signaling a fun and informal approach to connecting with the younger demographic.\u200d This shift in strategies comes amidst regulatory scrutiny of TikTok, particularly regarding its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and ongoing discussions about potential bans in the United \u2064States. Notably, Harris has also\u200d capitalized\u2064 on TikTok&#8217;s popularity by launching her own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-embattled-republican-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"President Trump Calls Embattled Republican Lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene\">campaign account<\/a>, which\u2062 boasts \u20633.7 million followers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Buttigieg becomes latest politician to join TikTok ahead of election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735387\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pete Buttigieg<\/a> joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TikTok<\/a> on Wednesday, making him the latest politician to join the viral platform.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Buttigieg comes after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have all created accounts, likely in a bid to win over younger voters. As of Wednesday afternoon, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-were-in-active-conversation-with-cdc-about-requiring-covid-test-before-domestic-flights\/\" title=\"Buttigieg: We\u2019re In \u2018Active Conversation\u2019 With CDC About Requiring COVID Test Before Domestic Flights\">transportation secretary<\/a>, who also promoted his migration to TikTok on X, has 180,000 followers on the video platform.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Pete Buttigieg. You might recognize me from Fox News,&rdquo; Buttigieg jokes in his first video. &ldquo;Now I&rsquo;m on TikTok. Obviously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@petebuttigieg\/video\/7405607563619847454\" data-video-id=\"7405607563619847454\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@petebuttigieg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@petebuttigieg?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@petebuttigieg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Heard the vibes were pretty good over here.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"&#9836; original sound - Pete Buttigieg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7405607579440761631?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">&#9836; original sound &ndash; Pete Buttigieg<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Figured it was time. <\/p>\n<p>Follow my new TikTok: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o0GooxmcoK\">https:\/\/t.co\/o0GooxmcoK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8V6tadQqt\">pic.twitter.com\/O8V6tadQqt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg\/status\/1826273291532898342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> signed a bill that required TikTok&rsquo;s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or risk getting banned in the United States. ByteDance CEO Shou Zi Chew has responded by saying, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2978246\/defiant-tiktok-ceo-app-isnt-going-anywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t going anywhere,&rdquo;<\/a> with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set to hear oral arguments against this law on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Biden bowed out of his 2024 reelection bid, the Harris campaign unveiled its TikTok account titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kamalahq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;KamalaHQ,&rdquo;<\/a> which has 3.7 million followers and promotes her campaign for president. Harris herself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kamalaharris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>her own personal TikTok account<\/a> that she created on July 25, where she has 4.6 million followers.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who was initially opposed to TikTok during his presidency, joined TikTok on June 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@realdonaldtrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>where he has amassed 10.5 million followers<\/a>. Like Harris, Trump has been using his TikTok to promote his 2024 presidential run.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Besides joining TikTok, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s bid for younger voters has also consisted of making various podcast appearances, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3129264\/trump-connects-younger-voters-theo-von\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with his most recent one with comedian Theo Von<\/a>. Trump has also appeared on WWE star and social media influencer Logan Paul&rsquo;s podcast and has also done a one-on-one live discussion with X owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@timwalz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Walz<\/a> joined TikTok earlier this month, though Harris&rsquo;s 2024 running mate is far outpacing Vance in follower count. The Minnesota governor has 1.1 million followers since joining the platform on Aug. 15, while Vance has received 416,000 followers since joining on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735387\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735387\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has become the newest politician to join TikTok, signing up on Wednesday. This decision follows similar moves by former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), all of whom have created accounts likely to engage younger voters. As of Wednesday afternoon, Buttigieg has gained 180,000 followers on the platform and humorously introduced himself in his first video by saying, \u201cI\u2019m Pete Buttigieg. You might recognize me from Fox News&#8230; Now I\u2019m on TikTok. Obviously.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, President Joe Biden enacted legislation requiring TikTok&#8217;s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app or face a potential ban in the U.S., a situation that ByteDance CEO Shou Zi Chew has dismissed by stating they are not going anywhere. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is scheduled to hear arguments regarding this law on September 16.<\/p>\n<p>Following Biden&#8217;s withdrawal from his 2024 reelection campaign, Harris launched her own TikTok account named &#8220;KamalaHQ,&#8221; which boasts 3.7 million followers and promotes her presidential campaign; she also has a personal account with 4.6 million followers created on July 25. Trump joined TikTok on June 1 despite previously opposing it during his presidency and now has amassed 10.5 million followers while using the platform to support his own presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to joining TikTok, Trump&#8217;s outreach efforts toward younger voters include various podcast appearances with figures like comedian Theo Von and WWE star Logan Paul as well as a live discussion with X owner Elon Musk. Both Vance and Walz signed up for TikTok earlier this month; however, Walz significantly outpaces Vance in follower count\u20141.1 million compared to Vance\u2019s 416,000 since their respective sign-ups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2328592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pete-Buttigieg-TikTok-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4943,34059,6248],"class_list":["post-2328591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-buttigieg","tag-election-2024","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pete-Buttigieg-TikTok-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}