Former President Barack Obama made a cameo appearance in a TikTok video on Tuesday to encourage voters ahead of the midterm elections.
Obama appeared in the video from an account called “Under the Desk News,” which features a host, Vitus Spehar, who reports the news from the floor under a desk. The account has over 2.7 million followers, with Obama’s cameo garnering over 1.4 million views and 500,000 likes.
“Here’s the thing: You can stay [under the desk] for now, but when it comes time for voting, you’re going to have to get up,” Obama said. “You got climate change legislation on the ballot, you got gun safety. And, when we can elect more pro-choice members of Congress, we can reinstitute Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. So, you can’t stay here. You’re going to have to take a little bit of time to vote.”
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“In 2008 I voted the way my Dad did,” Spehar captioned the video, referring to his vote for John McCain. “I’m grateful for the work President Obama did to secure marriage equality and will be voting this term to protect these hard earned rights.”
Spehar added a link to his TikTok bio that includes a link to register to vote. Obama would also appear in another TikTok with another influencer to the tune of 8 million views.
“Obama has officially joined in the Democrats’ new fool-proof plan for whenever they need to push an agenda,” Twitter account Libs of TikTok tweeted. “Collaborating with TikTokers.”
Obama has officially joined in the Democrats’ new fool-proof plan for whenever they need to push an agenda
Collaborating with TikTokers… pic.twitter.com/2s4x5DiRqk
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 2, 2022
“So a former sitting president is encouraging Americans to use a platform that both sides of the political aisle agree is a ChiCom surveillance tool,” former radio host John Cardillo tweeted.
Barack Obama teams with TikToker Vitus Spehar’s ‘Under the Desk News’ for get-out-the-vote push
So a former sitting president is encouraging Americans to use a platform that both sides of the political aisle agree is a ChiCom surveillance tool. https://t.co/HNea8rOFRH
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) November 2, 2022
The former president was recently at a rally in Georgia where he encouraged voters to “put down your phone and give TikTok a rest and VOTE.”
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Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr was quoted in a Tuesday interview as calling for a complete ban on the social media platform.
