In order to canvass for the mid-term elections, the Democratic Party asked eight TikTok Internet celebrities to meet with Biden at the White House

[Article/Observer Zhou Yibo] On October 27 local time, the Washington Post exclusively reported that President Biden of the United States welcomed a group of special visitors to the White House this week: eight TikTok online celebrities with a total of 67 million fans.
It is reported that the visit was organized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of the United States to use the influence of these online celebrities to canvass for the upcoming mid-term elections on November 8.
In two days, these Internet celebrities visited the U.S.
Capitol and the Federal Supreme Court, met former President Obama, and had an hour long exchange with Biden in the White House President's Office.
According to the report, the follow-up effect of these online celebrity interviews remains to be observed, because many of them were basically indifferent to politics before, and even if fans were encouraged to vote, they did not explicitly support a political party or candidate.
Most of their fans are also unfamiliar with politics.
Some people even don't know what the midterm election is, and they once mistook it for the mid term exam.
The Washington Post reported the screenshot.
It was reported that the eight TikTok online celebrities went to Washington, D.C.
for free.
For some of them, this was even their first time to the U.S.
capital and to deal with the federal government.
On October 24, they first visited the United States Supreme Court and filmed the video on the steps at the entrance of the court.
In the video, they also specifically reiterated the importance of the Federal Supreme Court in deciding on issues such as abortion rights and same-sex marriage.
Later, they met the former President in Obama's Washington office.
According to the report, Obama introduced them to the importance of the mid-term elections and said that it was crucial for the Democratic Party to win the election in November.
During the conversation, these celebrities also filmed a one-to-one TikTok video with Obama.
The Democratic Congressional Election Committee (DCCC) also received these online celebrities on this day.
At the same time, it projected the battlefield map of the mid-term elections on a large screen at a meeting, outlining the key constituencies they hoped online celebrities could help them canvass.
"For a group of people who think that a video with only 400000 hits is a failure, they are told that many elections have less than 5000 votes, which is an eye opener," said Daniel Dakes, founder of the American talent management company Palette.
According to the report, this activity was also organized by Dax, and DNC paid an advance payment to Palette for the travel expenses and other expenses of these online celebrities.
On October 24, former US President Barack Obama met with TikTok online celebrities Photo source: On the 25th of the Washington Post, these online celebrities came to the Capitol to visit the House Chamber and the office of Speaker Pelosi of the House of Representatives, but they did not meet Pelosi himself.
Next, they went directly to the White House to attend the press conference and had a brief contact with the White House press corps.
"None of us has been recognized by the media." 27