Mary Jo Laupp, who became viral after a Tiktok video she posted was instrumental in wrecking a recent Trump campaign, was met with a pleasant surprise when she was asked to be a part of the Joe Biden presidential campaign officially. Hailing from Oklahoma, she had posted a video recently, that called for Trump’s opponents to book out the stadium of his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This resulted in a poorly attended campaign, where only about 1/3rd of those who had booked turned up. This earned Mary the famed name of a ‘Tiktok grandma’.
Ms. Laupp’s phone was blowing up with calls, messages, and notifications post this incident. One of these had been from the Biden Digital Coalition, a grass-roots organization, to put her TikTok skills to work supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr. She had been at her granddaughter’s birthday party when she had received this news, flipping her life entirely. The coalition, made up of about 100 people, — many of whom are alumni of other Democratic presidential campaigns — works to amplify pro-Biden messages and build engagement on social media.
As the United States continues to be tormented by the coronavirus pandemic, the political parties are gearing up for the Presidential elections in November 2020.