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DISCUSSION   Joker:9757 BrentinCO ( 9685.29 points) March 20, 2024 05:37pm Anyone else surprised he went to the extent of apologizing for his vote on TikTok? I mean its well done, but yikes surprising he had to apologize publicly for his vote.   I:9951 E Pluribus Unum ( -256.32 points) March 20, 2024 06:29pm Jeff Jackson built his entire brand in congress through his presence on TikTok then voted to ban it. The surprise is that a politician apologized for hypocrisy.   LPP:10973 Patrick ( 1.74 points) March 21, 2024 04:23pm Is it hypocrisy? Sounds more like he's getting hit with the "oh you don't like capitalism? interesting that you have money and you buy things" argument, regardless of the intricacies of the actual vote.   I:9951 E Pluribus Unum ( -256.32 points) March 21, 2024 04:57pm I thought about that before typing my argument, but those two sentiments could not be any further away from the truth. Capitalism is the worldwide economic system, you cannot truly avoid having to participate in capitalism in whatever small capacity to function in modern day society. Jeff Jackson didn't join TikTok until his Senate run in an explicit ploy to younger voters, Jeff didn't NEED to join TikTok, but he did in an effort to seem like the "cool Congressman" which built a connection with the community on TikTok, much like how AOC and others used Twitter to connect with their community (prior to the 4channing of "𝕏"). It is a lesser extent of spitting in your electoral bases face   LPP:10973 Patrick ( 1.74 points) March 21, 2024 06:27pm I guess I thought people thought he was the "cool Congressman" becuase of his transparency, not necessarily the platform that people received his message. I for one have seen a ton of stuff he's put out and have never been on TikTok. I agree that it is interesting how quickly he came out to apologize after he started losing followers. Almost as if no one who signs up is immune from the dopamine rush of approval.   I:9951 E Pluribus Unum ( -256.32 points) March 21, 2024 08:24pm But TikTok is "why" he was making the transparent messages, at least in the sense that it gave him a reason why to do it. In the age before TikTok members of congress did get a lil more transparent in the rise of Social media, but each site has limits and how people use them. TikTok incentivized the type of messaging that Jeff did, as opposed to a twitter post or insta live like AOC. Also you need to factor in a lot of the people who Jeff is appealing to, are people who are rather new to politics and have probably never heard of him outside of his TikTok (other Socials he reposts them to, but is very obviously TikTok format). They have no clue that the NC Dems have been grooming him for higher office since 2015, they don't know about the senate scandal he had with Schumer in 2020, they only know him for his TikToks: and when he goes back on a perceived view, he will get called out. Proof of this was the fact that people thought this was a new thing for Jackson when he has praised NC's ban of TikTok on government offices WHILE HE WAS STARTING HIS NATIONAL CAREER. I am personally indifferent to Jackson altogether so this really changes nothing in my eyes, I was seeing people think that this will play a role in his AG race, which maybe Jeff thinks it will, but I do not think it will.