influencer Kat Abu running for Congress

[YorkRd]

Source: Distractify

TikTok's Kat Abu Promises Not To "Shrink Away" From Challenges in Bid for Congress

Kat Abu is known for her political commentary on TikTok.

Read more: https://www.distractify.com/p/kat-abu-tiktok-running-for-congress

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Kat has the political chops to be the next AOC

[Polybius]

1. How old is she?

And what district is she running in?

[YorkRd]

5. 26 Year old running against an 80 year old in Illinois 18th district

Think of her as a hybrid between Rachel Maddow and Desi Lydic

[Torchlight]

2. At a glance, her message is on-point

and her presentation is slick as hell! If she gets name recognition, I may go deeper, but for now my only opinion is, 'I'll need to look into her further.'




Off-topic, I wish we had today's recording equipment back in the 80s. What took a week in AV Club to splice can be done in three or four keystrokes these days. Thinking about though, maybe I'm happier we didn't have the instant studio-just-add-iphone back in the day... not sure adult me would be able to live down some of the 20-something me things I did.

[Cheezoholic]

3. Boy if we did I'd be rich. We were doing stuff in the 70's that would make the JackAss crew scared back then lol n/t

[hlthe2b]

4. I dearly hope to live to see the day when "INFLUENCER' is never spoken, written, implied

AGAIN.

Uggh. Like a NEON sign for INANITY.

[YorkRd]

6. Give her a chance on You Tube or Mother Jones

Kats grandmother was such a big shot in Texas Republicans politics they flew the flag half mast at the capital when she passed.
. Her father is Palestinian American.

She deconstructs Fox News as good as anyone.

[hlthe2b]

8. Then let her define her experience, background, education in a manner that shows her

having credible credentials to do what she does. Not just self-proclaim herself (like all the millions of others on YOUTUBE) as an "Influencer," put up a banner and get ad-sponsors to justify her presence online.

There are those online who are credible and those who are not. Self-proclaiming yourself to be an "Influencer" simply blends the grifters with any who are not and most of us really should be appalled at this trend.

So, as far as I am concerned, if the first thing you post or that comes out of your mouth is that you self-identify as an "Influencer," sans any description of what makes you credible, then all the contempt I can muster is fully deserved.

YMMV. But my contempt is very much earned by this trend. She will need more than "influencer-loving" Gen-Z voters to win the office she seeks. So, my message is one she should hear and take to heart.

[SergeStorms]

9. "Influencer"......

smacks too much of 'mind control' in my book. Like people are just waiting around on TikTok to be influenced, with no minds of their own.

[SergeStorms]

7. I wish.....

I could rec this 1,000 times. 😁

[ck4829]

10. "Billionaire" has caused far more damage

[hlthe2b]

11. I'd agree with THAT...

[Skittles]

14. I agree

we all hate commercials, but somehow INFLUENCERS are popular - WTF

[red dog 1]

12. K&R

From what I've read about her, it sounds like she'd make a good Dem Congressperson.

(But why did you use the word "influencer" in title of OP?)

[blogslug]

13. Distractify can bite my butt

Kat Abu is not a damned "influencer". She is a reporter who worked for years for Media Matters for America, covering the insanity of Fox News. After layoffs there she went independent. Her reporting is smart, well-informed and righteous as hell.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Why I'm Running For Congress