That's even as he's accused Beijing of pushing TikTok as “digital fentanyl” to Americans and wants the app banned entirely.
A spokeswoman for Ramaswamy's campaign defended both the decision to join TikTok and Ramaswamy's criticisms that the app is dangerous.
While he is trying to make himself attractive to younger voters, Ramaswamy has promoted policy ideas that would directly target them.
It creates short clips criticizing and mocking Republicans and recycles Biden clips originally posted on other social media networks such as Instagram.
“I’m hopeful that as more younger conservative candidates run for office, they’ll embrace social media more and be more comfortable with it," she said.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
China, Beijing, U.S, France, Iraq, Las Vegas, Florida, Columbia , South Carolina, Miami, New York, Washington
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