This is an interesting article that highlights some differences between the RNC and DNC in their stance on the social media app, TikTok. I personally, have never used TikTok and would never allow my children to do so either. However, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I know many young people that are using it daily. While driving my sons to a Boy Scouts campout, I gave a ride to two of their friends and both of them were using TikTok (I had to ban its use in my car).

This article points out the fact that for this younger generation, traditional social media platforms are simply not a factor in their daily lives. They aren't going to facebook for news. They are hopping on TikTok to waste their day away and the DNC is aware of that. In fact, the White House is using TikTok "influencers" to spread their propaganda.

This begs the question, "Should the RNC also be on TikTok reaching out to younger people?" I get it, TikTok is likely a propaganda and data collection arm of the Chinese government. However, it's where our youth are. We are basically leaving the field and giving our political opponents free reign with our youth. What do you think? Should Republicans be on TikTok reaching out to younger potential voters?

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Today's hot Social Media landscape has a lot of top contenders: Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube, just to name a few. But the one making big waves is TikTok, with more than 1 billion active monthly users.

It's a platform where anybody can make short videos and spin current events, politics, and any issue the way they want.

Mark Meckler, the former CEO of Parler lays out the challenge ahead.

"I think the difficulty for the American people is to understand what's true and what's not," he said. "We have access to more information than frankly, we've ever had in all of American history."

As usual in politics, the battle is on to win the spin game, especially among the early 20's Gen Z crowd. They are known to be politically active and there are tens of millions of them out there. So far, Democrats have a sizeable advantage.

Given this is the first midterm cycle in the TikTok era, the Democratic National Committee recently launched on the app and they're getting more than two million views per week.

Karoline Leavitt, a Republican running for Congress in New Hampshire is 25 years old and would be considered a member of Gen Z. She would be the youngest person elected to Congress if she wins. Leavitt understands the battleground ahead.

"I want your viewers to understand just how significant and frankly dangerous this is that the DNC is now utilizing TikTok," she told CBN News. "This is the number one app for my generation of Americans. It's where they go to seek their news ... my generation is not going to go in, factcheck these videos. We've lost all critical thinking skills because of social media so the Democrats are capitalizing on that. They are going to continue to brainwash my generation of voters, which is why it is so important that we push back on this."

While the Republican National Committee still has no TikTok page, the White House is bringing in influential TikTokkers to give them talking points on how to discuss things like rising gas prices.

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LINK:
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2022/may/is-one-party-winning-the-spin-game-for-the-next-election-why-the-tiktok-generation-is-so-easily-brainwashed