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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Politics
Priscella Vega

Politicians try to connect on TikTok, but risk the dreaded eye roll

LOS ANGELES — As Megan Thee Stallion raps about her desires for a lover, a young woman records herself in her room, strutting toward her phone in sweatpants and a tank top.

On sync to the track's beat, she drops low. This is usually the part where TikTok creators pivot and show themselves in a new outfit, glammed up.

Instead, a 49-year-old man in a suit and tie appears, mirroring the woman's dance pose before crouching on his office floor, an American flag on a stand behind him.

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