Rep. Jamaal Bowman
New York representative Jamaal Bowman has stood out as arguably the most vocal supporter of TikTok to date. The representative regularly speaks out in defense of the app and even helped organize and speak at a rally in D.C. last month where TikTok creators protested lawmaker efforts to ban the app. That protest also just happened to be bankrolled in part by TikTok.
Bowman has skin in the games. The lawmaker is a prolific poster who’s managed to amass 203,400 followers and over 2.5 million likes. That’s nearly as many followers as he has on Twitter, which he’s had for a longer period of time. His content ranges from serious (videos of him chanting at rallies and committee hearings) to more silly (showing users how he shaves his bald head). In one of the cringier videos, Bowman can be seen rapping in a hoodie while Florida representative Maxwell Frost plays drums. Bowman also spends a fair share of his time on TikTok calling out Republican lawmakers like Georgie Rep. and election denier Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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“My question is: Why the hysteria and the panic and the targeting of TikTok?” Bowman said during the rally last month. “As we know, Republicans, in particular, have been sounding the alarm, creating a red scare around China.”
