Freshman Lawmaker Is a Hit on TikTok

The Daily Beast looks at how Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC) has become a TikTok sensation.

“Since that first viral post, Jackson has attracted nearly 500,000 followers on TikTok, and his plainspoken, no-frills videos careen through the app’s algorithm before plopping into the feeds of somewhere between 1 and 3 million people on any given day.”

“But on Capitol Hill, Jackson is a rare breed: he’s just one of roughly 30 members with TikTok accounts, and part of an increasingly small cohort of politicians more broadly who use one.”