A Biden-affiliated TikTok account’s post attempting to inform people about the Donald Trump controversy came under fire, with commenters asking about inflation.
The fight over who influences the space took a turn this weekend after Trump joined TikTok with millions of followers on an app he once tried to ban.
President Biden continues to try to fight back, releasing a video Sunday night about the story of a former producer who came forward to claim Donald Trump used a racial slur during the filming of season 1 of ‘The Apprentice.’
In a cringe-worthy clip posted to the BidenHQ TikTok account, an unidentified “influencer” was seen trying to retell the story in a way to shame Trump as a “lifelong racist,” and told others incidents.
However, the post went viral for all the wrong reasons, as it was inundated with responses related to what appeared to be more pressing matters.
A Biden-affiliated TikTok account’s post attempting to inform people about the Donald Trump controversy came under fire, with commenters asking about inflation.
The comments were loaded with questions like: ‘Why is my rent expensive?’ or ‘Why can’t I afford anything?’ and ‘Why did Joe Biden say poor kids are as smart as white kids?’
Another story wrote: “I can’t afford to buy eggs,” while another lamented that they “can’t wait to buy a house.”
The influencer who hosted the video began by saying, “You guys have to see this new report about Donald Trump” before cutting to a clip of Omarosa Manigault Newman suggesting the clip was potentially real.
Manigault Newman, a former Apprentice contestant and Trump White House aide, claimed to have heard the tape, which Trump’s camp has long denied exists.
Has anyone noticed a pattern here? This is the same man who called for the execution of innocent black men and spread racist lies about the first black president. “Donald Trump is exactly who we all knew him to be: a lifelong racist,” he continued.
“Black voters drove Donald Trump out of the White House in 2020 and we will do it again in November.”
The video has more than 1.4 million views and 1,000 comments, many of them with the same complaints about inflation and the cost of living.
The End Wokeness account on X wrote: ‘HAHAHA this is epic. The Biden campaign is desperately trying to win over black voters on TikTok…it’s backfiring spectacularly.’
A TikTok from the ‘Biden-Harris HQ’ account attempted to share the story of a former producer who came forward to claim Donald Trump used a racial slur during the filming of ‘The Apprentice’ season 1, but was inundated with responses worried with what seemed to be more urgent matters
“This is a completely made-up and silly story that was already spread in 2016. No one took it seriously then, and they won’t now, because it’s fake news,” spokesman Steven Chueng said.
Trump joined TikTok on Saturday night and has already posted his first video: a montage of his evening at a UFC fight in New Jersey, just days after becoming a convicted felon.
The eye-catching 13-second launch video shows Trump entering the arena, greeting fans and posing for selfies.
Trump was seen shaking hands and taking selfies with different fans at the UFC fight.
“The president is now on TikTok,” Trump was introduced by UFC president Dana White before saying directly to the camera, “It’s an honor,” as Kid Rock’s American Bad Ass played in the background.
At the end of the video, Trump approaches the camera and asks, “It was a good ride, right?”
The former president aptly captioned his first TikTok: “Launching my TikTok at UFC 302.”
Trump’s account has already amassed more than four million followers, more than ten times the Biden-Harris HQ account.
He became familiar with TikTok during his recent hush money trial.
The video has more than 1.4 million views and 1,000 comments, many of them with the same complaints about inflation and the cost of living.
However, Trump also did not always support the app and during his presidency attempted to ban the addictive app citing national security concerns.
Like Trump, Joe Biden’s campaign joined TikTok in February and has 334,000 followers.
Trump has said he believes ByteDance remains a threat to national security, but that blocking the app would anger young Americans and would only serve to help Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Trump was suspended from Facebook for two years following the 2021 Capitol riots.
He has said that he considers “Facebook to be an enemy of the people along with many media outlets.”
Last week, while awaiting the verdict in a back room of the courthouse, his oldest son, Don Jr., presented the platform to his father.
The two appeared together in a TikTok while discussing their next evil tweet. Don Jr. currently has 345,000 followers and also started using the app last week.
Trump joining TikTok – and reaching out to potential younger voters – comes after the app could be banned entirely in the coming months if it does not get rid of its Chinese owner ByteDance, after Biden signed a law in April which forced a sale.