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"content": "\u003cp>Two days before President Biden announced he would step back from his push for a second term, his campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/19/nx-s1-5045682/biden-campaign-future\">appeared on television\u003c/a>, insisting the president would stay in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He is the best person to take on Donald Trump and prosecute that case,” Dillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12690/democrats-rally-behind-vice-president-harris\">Vice President Harris addressed her campaign staff for the first time after a hectic 24-hour period during which Democratic lawmakers and potential rivals rallied around Harris’ candidacy for the presidency.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But about 72 hours later, Vice President Harris was instead \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12690/democrats-rally-behind-vice-president-harris\">making that same argument\u003c/a> — and reviving a case she had made in 2019 when she ran in a crowded Democratic field seeking the nomination that year.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before I was elected as vice president before I was elected as United States senator, I was the elected attorney general, as I’ve mentioned, of California. And before that, I was a courtroom prosecutor,” Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12690/democrats-rally-behind-vice-president-harris\">said to campaign staffers\u003c/a> in Wilmington, Del., on the day after Biden endorsed her to take his place at the top of the Democratic ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds — predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So, hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type,” Harris said in a line that has become the centerpiece of her whirlwind campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3400x2544+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F04%2Fc3bdfbaa4e35a64898c01ca143a9%2Fgettyimages-455195032.jpg\" alt=\"Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris briefs the media after raids on money laundering operations in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2014.\">\u003cfigcaption>Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris briefs the media after raids on money laundering operations in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2014. \u003ccite>(Mark Ralston | AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>It’s rhetoric Harris has used before\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in 2019, when she first ran for president, Harris’ campaign was centered on her career as a prosecutor. Her slogan was “for the people,” which is how Harris introduced herself in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her pitch to voters is the same today: that, with her background as a prosecutor, she is the best person to take on Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/12/03/784443227/kamala-harris-drops-out-of-presidential-race\">five years ago\u003c/a>, Harris’ record as a prosecutor was a liability in her campaign. She faced attacks from her Democratic opponents in the primary debates on her record with marijuana and on cracking down on truancy rates. Voters on the left referred to Harris as a cop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And they didn’t mean that as a compliment,” said Paul Butler, a law professor at Georgetown, himself a former public prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8640x5760+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcb%2F52%2F2ea9d3ae409eb0294aeb69cedca6%2Fgettyimages-2154742700.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024.\">\u003cfigcaption>Former President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Pool | Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The message hits differently in 2024\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This time around, though, Butler said Harris’ history as a prosecutor might be perceived by voters differently — because voters’ perceptions of public safety, criminal justice and Trump have changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some ways, the prosecution of Donald Trump has flipped the way that some progressives and some conservatives think about our criminal legal system,” Butler said. “Now, a lot of people that are on the left are all-in on prosecuting, holding Donald Trump accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler said Harris will likely use her experience as a prosecutor to try to highlight her centrist politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her message to more conservative audiences will be that her policies as district attorney and California state attorney general demonstrate that she’s not soft on crime,” Butler said. “But her message to progressive audiences will be that her prosecutorial experiences give her unique expertise on the problems in the system and how to fix them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3000+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2F46%2F09b26908486390ee1bef4b0bd84a%2Fgettyimages-1241726005.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Harris speaks with police officers after a shooting that left seven people dead in Highland Park, Ill., on July 5, 2022.\">\u003cfigcaption>Vice President Harris speaks with police officers after a shooting that left seven people dead in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 5, 2022. \u003ccite> (Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Harris’ pitch was to be ‘smart’ on crime\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trying to tack to the middle on justice issues has long been a part of Harris’ strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2003, Harris, a courtroom prosecutor, launched her first political campaign, running for district attorney of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She rejected the idea that law enforcement officials either had to be tough on crime or soft on crime, said David Chiu, a friend who was part of Harris’ “kitchen cabinet” at the time. 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So, hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type,” Harris said in a line that has become the centerpiece of her whirlwind campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3400x2544+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F04%2Fc3bdfbaa4e35a64898c01ca143a9%2Fgettyimages-455195032.jpg\" alt=\"Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris briefs the media after raids on money laundering operations in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2014.\">\u003cfigcaption>Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris briefs the media after raids on money laundering operations in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2014. \u003ccite>(Mark Ralston | AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>It’s rhetoric Harris has used before\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in 2019, when she first ran for president, Harris’ campaign was centered on her career as a prosecutor. 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Voters on the left referred to Harris as a cop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And they didn’t mean that as a compliment,” said Paul Butler, a law professor at Georgetown, himself a former public prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8640x5760+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcb%2F52%2F2ea9d3ae409eb0294aeb69cedca6%2Fgettyimages-2154742700.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024.\">\u003cfigcaption>Former President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Pool | Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The message hits differently in 2024\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This time around, though, Butler said Harris’ history as a prosecutor might be perceived by voters differently — because voters’ perceptions of public safety, criminal justice and Trump have changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some ways, the prosecution of Donald Trump has flipped the way that some progressives and some conservatives think about our criminal legal system,” Butler said. “Now, a lot of people that are on the left are all-in on prosecuting, holding Donald Trump accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler said Harris will likely use her experience as a prosecutor to try to highlight her centrist politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her message to more conservative audiences will be that her policies as district attorney and California state attorney general demonstrate that she’s not soft on crime,” Butler said. “But her message to progressive audiences will be that her prosecutorial experiences give her unique expertise on the problems in the system and how to fix them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3000+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2F46%2F09b26908486390ee1bef4b0bd84a%2Fgettyimages-1241726005.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Harris speaks with police officers after a shooting that left seven people dead in Highland Park, Ill., on July 5, 2022.\">\u003cfigcaption>Vice President Harris speaks with police officers after a shooting that left seven people dead in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 5, 2022. \u003ccite> (Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Harris’ pitch was to be ‘smart’ on crime\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trying to tack to the middle on justice issues has long been a part of Harris’ strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2003, Harris, a courtroom prosecutor, launched her first political campaign, running for district attorney of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She rejected the idea that law enforcement officials either had to be tough on crime or soft on crime, said David Chiu, a friend who was part of Harris’ “kitchen cabinet” at the time. 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But the fake ad swaps out Harris’ voice-over audio with an AI-generated voice that convincingly impersonates Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for president because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate,” the AI voice said in the video. It claims Harris is a “diversity hire” because she is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-president-democrat-biden-96df4c46fab767269056511037776b15\">a woman and a person of color\u003c/a>, and it said she doesn’t know “the first thing about running the country.” The video retains “Harris for President” branding. It also adds in some authentic past clips of Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mia Ehrenberg, a Harris campaign spokesperson, said in an email to \u003cem>The Associated Press\u003c/em>: “We believe the American people want the real freedom, opportunity and security Vice President Harris is offering; not the fake, manipulated lies of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The widely shared video is an example of how lifelike \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/one-tech-tip-spotting-deepfakes-ai-8f7403c7e5a738488d74cf2326382d8c\">AI-generated images, videos or audio clips\u003c/a> have been utilized both to poke fun and to mislead about politics as the United States draws closer to the presidential election. It exposes how, as high-quality AI tools have become far \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ai-2023-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-dangers-565ff5b817b5db0d4e74829ae3d68611\">more accessible\u003c/a>, there remains a lack of significant federal action to regulate their use, leaving rules guiding AI in politics largely to states and social media platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video also raises questions about how to best handle content that blurs the lines of what is considered an appropriate use of AI, particularly if it falls into the category of satire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original user who posted the video, a YouTuber known as Mr Reagan, disclosed from the beginning both on YouTube and on X that the manipulated video is a parody. Yet Musk’s initial post with the video, which had far wider reach with 130 million views on X, according to the platform, only included the caption “This is amazing” with a laughing emoji.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, before Musk clarified on his profile that the video was a joke, some participants in X’s “community note” feature suggested labeling his post as manipulated. No such label has been added to it, even as Musk has separately posted about the parody video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some users online have questioned whether his initial post might violate \u003ca href=\"https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media\">X’s policies\u003c/a>, which say users “may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy has an exception for memes and satire as long as they do not cause “significant confusion about the authenticity of the media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Kohls, the man behind the Mr Reagan online persona, pointed an AP reporter to a YouTube video he posted early Monday responding to the ordeal. In the YouTube video, he confirmed he used AI to make the fake ad and argued that it was obviously parody, with or without a label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk endorsed Trump, the Republican former president and current nominee, earlier this month. He didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two experts who specialize in AI-generated media reviewed the fake ad’s audio and confirmed that much of it was generated using AI technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of them, University of California, Berkeley, digital forensics expert Hany Farid, said the video shows the power of generative AI and deepfakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The AI-generated voice is very good,” he said in an email. “Even though most people won’t believe it is VP Harris’ voice, the video is that much more powerful when the words are in her voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said generative AI companies that make voice-cloning tools and other AI tools available to the public should do better to ensure their services are not used in ways that could harm people or democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rob Weissman, co-president of the advocacy group Public Citizen, disagreed with Farid, saying he thought many people would be fooled by the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m certain that most people looking at it don’t assume it’s a joke,” Weissman said in an interview. “The quality isn’t great, but it’s good enough. And precisely because it feeds into preexisting themes that have circulated around her, most people will believe it to be real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman, whose organization has advocated for Congress, federal agencies and states to regulate generative AI, said the video is “the kind of thing that we’ve been warning about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other generative AI deepfakes in the U.S. and elsewhere have tried to influence voters with misinformation, humor or both. In Slovakia in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-elections-disinformation-chatgpt-bc283e7426402f0b4baa7df280a4c3fd\">fake audio clips\u003c/a> impersonated a candidate discussing plans to rig the election and raise the price of beer days before the vote. 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No such label has been added to it, even as Musk has separately posted about the parody video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some users online have questioned whether his initial post might violate \u003ca href=\"https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media\">X’s policies\u003c/a>, which say users “may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy has an exception for memes and satire as long as they do not cause “significant confusion about the authenticity of the media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Kohls, the man behind the Mr Reagan online persona, pointed an AP reporter to a YouTube video he posted early Monday responding to the ordeal. In the YouTube video, he confirmed he used AI to make the fake ad and argued that it was obviously parody, with or without a label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk endorsed Trump, the Republican former president and current nominee, earlier this month. He didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two experts who specialize in AI-generated media reviewed the fake ad’s audio and confirmed that much of it was generated using AI technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of them, University of California, Berkeley, digital forensics expert Hany Farid, said the video shows the power of generative AI and deepfakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The AI-generated voice is very good,” he said in an email. “Even though most people won’t believe it is VP Harris’ voice, the video is that much more powerful when the words are in her voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said generative AI companies that make voice-cloning tools and other AI tools available to the public should do better to ensure their services are not used in ways that could harm people or democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rob Weissman, co-president of the advocacy group Public Citizen, disagreed with Farid, saying he thought many people would be fooled by the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m certain that most people looking at it don’t assume it’s a joke,” Weissman said in an interview. “The quality isn’t great, but it’s good enough. And precisely because it feeds into preexisting themes that have circulated around her, most people will believe it to be real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weissman, whose organization has advocated for Congress, federal agencies and states to regulate generative AI, said the video is “the kind of thing that we’ve been warning about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other generative AI deepfakes in the U.S. and elsewhere have tried to influence voters with misinformation, humor or both. In Slovakia in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-elections-disinformation-chatgpt-bc283e7426402f0b4baa7df280a4c3fd\">fake audio clips\u003c/a> impersonated a candidate discussing plans to rig the election and raise the price of beer days before the vote. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the spring of 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech at a Washington, D.C. event celebrating \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/05/10/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-swearing-in-ceremony-of-commissioners-for-the-white-house-initiative-on-advancing-educational-equity-excellence-and-economic-opportunity-for-hispanics/\">efforts to advance opportunities for Hispanic Americans\u003c/a>. While her actual remarks were pretty short, one moment from the speech \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/g-s1-13327/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-meme-context-unburdened-in-the-context\">has taken over the internet in the past few days\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she explained the importance of providing opportunities not just to young people but to everyone around them, Harris shared something that her mother used to tell her:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/evil_female/status/1755948453228683675\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris took a moment to laugh and then went on to explain what her mother meant: “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This moment soon made its way to X (formerly Twitter) where it circulated for months in different meme pages — \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TimesNewJohann/status/1790462287083409561\">usually without the original context\u003c/a> — where users resonated with Harris’ humor and the quirkiness of the “coconut tree” expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the clip — now a meme — gained wider recognition this week when Harris became the likely Democratic nominee on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12804/kamala-harris-delegates-nominee-dnc-vote\">after receiving the support of enough party delegates to secure the nomination\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, right-leaning pages have used the clip, along with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1815112666924699853\">other videos that show Harris laughing\u003c/a>, to argue that she shouldn’t be president. But many Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/g-s1-13327/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-meme-context-unburdened-in-the-context\">have embraced the coconut tree imagery\u003c/a> and on TikTok and Instagram, young people are making viral videos that \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C93K1pVBMUh/\">remix the coconut tree clip with songs from Charli XCX’s latest album, \u003cem>brat\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s already \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-07-24/kamala-harris-memes-coconut-brat-summer\">a plethora of explainers out there\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/24/entertainment/memes-kamala-harris\">try to explain the meaning behind the different coconut tree memes\u003c/a>, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/kamala-harris-brat-meaning-mean-slang-charli-xcx-what-does-hq-rcna163026\">what links Harris with Charli XCX\u003c/a> in the first place. But in the spirit of the original speech that started it all, we wanted to understand the context of all in which these memes live in and what came before them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with two other KQED journalists with deep experience in covering both politics and Gen Z culture — politics correspondent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mlagos\">Marisa Lagos\u003c/a> and host of The California Report \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mbolanos\">Madi Bolaños\u003c/a> — to talk about how the state of the 2024 race, Harris’ political trajectory and questions of both gender and race brought us some of these viral Harris memes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa, \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996837/who-is-kamala-harris-a-look-back-at-kqeds-coverage\">\u003cstrong>you’ve covered Kamala Harris for a long time\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. Does this image of Harris laughing at herself, being genuine in these moments, square up with what you’ve seen of her over the years?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lagos:\u003c/strong> Totally. She, in my experience as a reporter, was at her best, off the record when she wasn’t having to think about what she was saying because she is legitimately funny and warm. And I think that’s a hard thing sometimes, especially as a woman of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s put a very fine point on it: The reason that Republicans have used her laughing and her persona to attack her [comes with the] subtext that she’s not serious enough to be a leader. It’s very clearly pointed as a dog whistle at some of her identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, that is what makes her a good politician. I have seen her in a room with people, and she’s really good at connecting, it’s retail politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even for people like me who have covered her for two decades, this seems way more authentic than the “serious Kamala Harris buttoned-down” politician trope. And let’s be real, she has to push [that forward] in certain situations. It is a serious job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bolaños:\u003c/strong> Marisa, to your point that Republicans have used her laughter to argue that she’s not serious. That’s what Gen Z loves about her. The word right now for Gen Z is ‘unserious.’ … Gen Z is eating that up for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They really are big fans of how carefree she is. It’s interesting that what they try to use against her is what’s working in her favor right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Annie_Wu_22/status/1815470696719593909\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s talk about “seriousness” more. Part of Donald Trump’s appeal to his supporters is that he does not behave like other politicians. He can say anything he wants and that makes him a man of the people. On the other hand, female politicians who have sought the presidency, like Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, worked a lot on presenting themselves as very serious politicians to appeal to voters.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And now, we’re seeing certain voters respond positively to a female politician who embraces her humor and her more authentic self. Could we be seeing a shift in what’s expected of women in politics?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lagos:\u003c/strong> I hope so. God, I hope so. I do think it’s too early to know because she’d have to win for that shift to really be realized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she can win, I do think that this opens new doors and avenues for female leaders to be themselves and not have to just fit in a box. What we’ve seen historically, I feel, is women being expected to act like men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s women like Nancy Pelosi that have turned some of that on their head, especially just in the way she presents herself. She’s a very feminine person. And I think that in itself is unique because Kamala does not dress the way that Pelosi does. She’s been a prosecutor. She wore dark suits. That’s been her vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She loosened it up on the campaign trail four years ago. She’s got that look with the blazer, jeans and Converse tennis shoes going on, which, I will say, is one of my looks when I’m out reporting. I tell people, “This is my Kamala look,” and they know what I mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bolaños:\u003c/strong> Regardless if she wins or not, she is changing the culture of how you can present yourself in these spaces and also engaging a lot of people … who otherwise wouldn’t have cared very much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My cousin who’s 18 and has \u003cem>never \u003c/em>talked to me about politics randomly, no context, sent me \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNunEq6o/\">a TikTok, featuring the Charli XCX song ‘Girl, so confusing version with lorde’\u003c/a> and it has different clips of Kamala and Hillary Clinton. And again, we do not talk about anything political, ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@flextillerson/video/7389827831796157739\" data-video-id=\"7389827831796157739\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@flextillerson\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@flextillerson?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@flextillerson\u003c/a> i hope they work it out on the remix \u003ca title=\"kamalaharris\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamalaharris?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamalaharris\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"kamala\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamala?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamala\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"brat\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/brat?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#brat\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"bratsummer\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bratsummer?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#bratsummer\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"coconuttree\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/coconuttree?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#coconuttree\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"girlsoconfusing\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/girlsoconfusing?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#girlsoconfusing\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"lorde\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/lorde?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#lorde\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"hillaryclinton\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hillaryclinton?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#hillaryclinton\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - aly\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7389827861015202602?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – aly\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s talk about Charli XCX. There’s so many \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thecut.com/article/kamala-harris-charli-xcx-brat-memes.html\">\u003cstrong>stories out there that try to explain why young people are making these TikToks\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> remixing Harris clips with songs from \u003cem>brat\u003c/em>. Madi, when journalists try to explain Gen Z humor, what do you think is missing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bolaños:\u003c/strong> I think that it’s hilarious to see older people try to understand something that is also kind of hard to explain. It’s one of those things that “if you know, you know.” It’s a vibe. You can’t explain a vibe online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have to be online all the time.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bolaños:\u003c/strong> Exactly. When it’s coming from someone who just exists in that vibe, you’re already there. You don’t have to explain anything. You can just talk about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whereas these older people are like 20, 50 chapters behind — they’re still trying to wrap their minds around what this can be — when the conversation could be so much more forward if everyone was just on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that being said, even those conversations are being turned into memes and audio sounds. One conversation with a Fox News reporter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@megagahubert/video/7394997370238323998\">people are putting that on TikTok\u003c/a> and saying, ‘this is kind of brat.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@megagahubert/video/7394997370238323998\" data-video-id=\"7394997370238323998\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@megagahubert\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@megagahubert?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@megagahubert\u003c/a> the brats are so assembling. Lfg project coconut!!! 💚 \u003ca title=\"brat\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/brat?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#brat\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"kamala\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamala?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamala\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"harris2024\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/harris2024?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#harris2024\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"kamalaharris\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamalaharris?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamalaharris\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"election\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#election\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"kamalahq\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamalahq?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamalahq\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ brats run the world - megaga\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/brats-run-the-world-7394997349795351327?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ brats run the world – megaga\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is also humor that takes the same thing and applies it to a different context, over and over again — which is very much a product of internet culture. And young people now have been online since elementary school.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@anatomyofafall/video/7390902639271169310\" data-video-id=\"7390902639271169310\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@anatomyofafall\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@anatomyofafall?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@anatomyofafall\u003c/a> this is what will flash before your eyes the moment right before you die \u003ca title=\"foryou\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryou\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"brat\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/brat?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#brat\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"trending\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trending?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#trending\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"popculture\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/popculture?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#popculture\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"kamalaharris\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/kamalaharris?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kamalaharris\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"biden\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biden?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#biden\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"2024election\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/2024election?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#2024election\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ coconut tree core - m🕺🎞️\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/coconut-tree-core-7390902669105253150?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ coconut tree core – m🕺🎞️\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s stay on the topic of Charli XCX’s support for Harris. It’s been a while since celebrity endorsements made \u003cem>such \u003c/em>a splash — the only other recent example is \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/taylor-swift-endorses-joe-biden-president-n1242483\">\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift endorsing Joe Biden in 2020\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. Celebrity endorsements were such a bigger deal in the 2000s and 2010s as we saw with both Obama campaigns. Marisa, how do celebrity endorsements usually play out for candidates?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lagos:\u003c/strong> I think like anything in politics, the hope is: It can get you attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not enough to win, right? These things are far more complicated than that. And this isn’t going to be enough for Kamala Harris to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that there’s ways that you can take these pop culture references — endorsements, things like that — and play them out to engage people or to excite people. Maybe you were going to go vote for her anyway, but now you’re going to volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not ever going to be the silver bullet to winning the presidency. We have to remember that this is still going to be a race decided in a handful of states by a handful of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/1815182384066707861\">\u003cstrong>Charli XCX sent out that tweet for Harris\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, we also had some folks react to this with some cringe:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lllliatttt/status/1815455947814584545\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We’re having fun right now with this politics-pop culture crossover — at the moment, it feels like a slay — but when does a slay become cringe?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bolaños:\u003c/strong> I think that it becomes a cringe when they lean into it too hard. I think Hillary [Clinton] leaned into it way too hard. There’s a way to be a part of the joke without being \u003cem>in \u003c/em>the group chat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kamala doing her thing and then having her campaign take these natural moments and make it into more memes, that’s what’s really working right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she were to go online and say, “Hey, I’m brat,” that would get a little cringe. I don’t think she can acknowledge it too directly. She has to just keep doing what she’s doing, because that creates the memes itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews/video/7395672242350214442\" data-video-id=\"7395672242350214442\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@kqednews\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kqednews\u003c/a>You’ve seen the memes, the fan edits, the internet discourse – Here’s a rundown of how the Internet rallied around Kamala Harris by getting to work making edits of Harris’s memorable moments set to songs from Charli XCX’s sixth album, Brat.\u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - KQED News\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7395672230607113003?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s stay on the topic of Charli XCX’s support for Harris. It’s been a while since celebrity endorsements made \u003cem>such \u003c/em>a splash — the only other recent example is \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/taylor-swift-endorses-joe-biden-president-n1242483\">\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift endorsing Joe Biden in 2020\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. Celebrity endorsements were such a bigger deal in the 2000s and 2010s as we saw with both Obama campaigns. Marisa, how do celebrity endorsements usually play out for candidates?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lagos:\u003c/strong> I think like anything in politics, the hope is: It can get you attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not enough to win, right? These things are far more complicated than that. And this isn’t going to be enough for Kamala Harris to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that there’s ways that you can take these pop culture references — endorsements, things like that — and play them out to engage people or to excite people. Maybe you were going to go vote for her anyway, but now you’re going to volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not ever going to be the silver bullet to winning the presidency. We have to remember that this is still going to be a race decided in a handful of states by a handful of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/1815182384066707861\">\u003cstrong>Charli XCX sent out that tweet for Harris\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, we also had some folks react to this with some cringe:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.saforamerica.org/harini-krishnan\">Harini Krishnan\u003c/a> became a Democratic organizer after former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016. When she spoke to KQED on Monday, she wore a T-shirt emblazoned with “KAMALA” in rainbow colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m proud to call Kamala Harris a friend, and [I’m] ready to do whatever it takes to get her across the finish line,” said Krishnan, an Indian American classical vocalist and Hillsborough resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Krishnan is an elected Democratic National Convention delegate and the national director for \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9v4guzRDLn/\">South Asians for Harris\u003c/a>. Five days ago, she led South Asians for Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21 and endorsed Harris, who is the Democratic Party’s likely nominee. If Harris becomes the nominee, she will be the first Black woman and the first South Asian American to top a major party’s presidential ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her campaign has energized Democrats, but it has especially galvanized South Asian Democrats in Silicon Valley in ways that 2024 presidential bids by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republicans of South Asian descent, did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Krishnan pointed to polls, like the 2022 Asian American Voter Survey, that show a \u003ca href=\"https://apiavote.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-Asian-American-Voter-Survey-Report.pdf\">majority of Indian Americans nationwide (PDF)\u003c/a> identify as Democrats. Harris, who was born in Oakland, is the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Representation matters. The first woman. The first South Asian. The first Asian American. The first African American woman. From California. All those things matter to me,” Krishnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997363\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11997363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harini Krishnan (left) with Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in Atherton in 2019. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Harini Krishnan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>M.R. Rangaswami, a tech executive, angel investor and philanthropist, is originally from Chennai, the same Indian city Harris’ mom emigrated from. Rangaswami, 69, said he has closely followed Harris’ political rise. “Every step of the way, she was a quick study,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rangaswami, a San Francisco resident who first came to the United States in 1982, said he plans to vote for Harris. He is currently working with others to plan a fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way in my wildest dreams would some scenario like this come true,” he said. “And that’s the beauty of the United States, and that’s why I’m proud to be a U.S. citizen and have my family here. That’s the good side of America. And along with it comes challenges, but net net, it’s a positive thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech executive Sunil Mehta has lived in Silicon Valley for 40 years. He co-founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.theyseeblue.org\">They See Blue\u003c/a>, which mobilizes South Asian voters to support Democrats in battleground states. The name is a play on words, pronounced by many Indians and Indian Americans as “Desi” Blue. The word “Desi” means “countryman” in Hindi or Urdu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are agnostic in terms of who the candidate is,” Mehta said. “We don’t blindly support South Asian candidates just because they are South Asian. Now, if they happen to be South Asian, that’s a bonus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what benefits Harris with older South Asian voters — closer to the political center than left on foreign policy, economics and the environment — may complicate her reception among Gen Z South Asian Democrats in tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Divya Jakatdar, who works in sales at Harmonic, an AI startup. The Los Altos Hills resident is still shaking off her dread at the prospect of Biden losing in November. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her campaign has energized Democrats, but it has especially galvanized South Asian Democrats in Silicon Valley in ways that 2024 presidential bids by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republicans of South Asian descent, did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Krishnan pointed to polls, like the 2022 Asian American Voter Survey, that show a \u003ca href=\"https://apiavote.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-Asian-American-Voter-Survey-Report.pdf\">majority of Indian Americans nationwide (PDF)\u003c/a> identify as Democrats. Harris, who was born in Oakland, is the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Representation matters. The first woman. The first South Asian. The first Asian American. The first African American woman. From California. 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Security expenses are capped at $5,000, which has not been updated since 1993.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2041\">AB 2041\u003c/a>, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland), would eliminate those limitations and allow for the use of campaign funds to pay for private security and other “tangible items related to security” for a candidate or elected official or their immediate family or staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said she introduced the bill because of the harassment and intimidation she has faced while running for office and during her time in public service, including threats against her family. 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More than 40% of state legislators said they were the target of threats of harm or physical attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intimidation impacted how elected officials went about their business, constraining how freely they interacted with their constituents and the kinds of policy positions they supported, according to the study’s authors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who identifies as gay and Jewish, said the more than a thousand death threats he’s received have often been fueled by the social media posts of far-right politicians and viral political conspiracies such as QAnon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His home has been the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934374/state-sen-scott-wiener-target-of-another-death-threat\">target of bomb threats\u003c/a> that prompted SFPD searches. People suspected of at least two death threats have been criminally charged, Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s painful. I’ll admit that. But I have to take a deep breath and remember why I do this work and why I ran for office. And that is to make people’s lives better and to lift up some of the most vulnerable people in our community,” Wiener said. “And if the cost of that is death threats, then so be it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996198\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996198\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1321786012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1321786012.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1321786012-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1321786012-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1321786012-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. 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She covers false and misleading narratives and harmful rhetoric that embolden extremists and purveyors of hate to act, on and offline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Rachael Myrow spoke with Aniano about which conspiracy theories had gained the most momentum in the wake of the shooting and why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow:\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> For the benefit of people unfamiliar with how you do the work you do, where do you start to look when high-profile events like this happen? What are you looking for?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sara Aniano:\u003c/strong> Basically, what we are looking for are the top themes. What are the most salient and problematic? It will all trickle down, or trickle up, from the prominent people to the not-so-prominent people. We look at influencers, especially those in the disinformation or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11765841/how-hate-filled-online-groups-encourage-budding-psychopaths-to-kill-others\">extremist worlds\u003c/a> because they have so much influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Along these lines, we should just go through the list of, you know, classic categories of conspiracy theories. For example, who’s operating in the \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/trump-assassination-attempt-sparks-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-and-violent\">\u003cstrong>anti-Semitic\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> space? This doesn’t seem like one that would make sense, given that \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/trump-israel-gaza-war-00150577\">\u003cstrong>Trump has been pro-Israel\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> and even pro [Benjamin] Netanyahu in the past, as has \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-faces-new-democratic-divisions-israel-shift-rcna151580\">\u003cstrong>President Joe Biden\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This particular kind of conspiracy theory, as you can imagine, is not terribly original. They just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11746552/no-lone-shooter-how-anti-semitism-is-winning-new-converts-on-the-internet\">blame Jews\u003c/a> at any and all opportunity that they can, to promote the narrative that Jews are evil, and working alongside the nefarious and secretive Deep State, and actively trying to dismantle the democratic process, the electoral process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a space on X titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-810332\">Jews Try to Assassinate Trump\u003c/a>, which featured a number of problematic individuals. We saw similar theories about the \u003ca href=\"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/social-media-accounts-spew-conspiracy-155807361.html\">Baltimore Bridge collapse\u003c/a>, which is such a different event. A lot of people will \u003ca href=\"https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/jfk/jfk00067.pdf\">blame the JFK assassination on the Jews\u003c/a>. So, there’s a historical precedent for trying to demonize Jews as responsible for the upheaval of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when you’re a conspiracy theorist, you have already arrived at your conclusion. You can always find dots to connect retroactively, right? It’s not evidence of a conspiracy, but you can make it look like evidence of a conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the people that were speculating about the involvement of the Deep State? How did they make the dots connect? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some predictable folks sharing “The Deep State Did It” theory. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/technology/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories.html\">Laura Loomer\u003c/a> is one, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooting-misinformation-conspiracy-theories/\">Alex Jones\u003c/a> is another. 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Was that real blood streaming down his face or, you know, a ketchup packet on his cheek? Who’s making that argument? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were highly graphic videos circulating that showed really every moment. Start to finish. It’s all out there. That part is not shrouded in mystery. It was actually made quite available to the public very quickly. In part, thanks to photojournalists, but also thanks to on-the-ground witnesses who were documenting it at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people see shocking, traumatizing, and frankly remarkable footage like that, it scares people. People on the left understand how the story could be used politically to drum up sympathy. There is no evidence that this was staged or incited by the Trump campaign. The reality is, we don’t have a lot of information on the [gunman’s] motive as to why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there an argument to be made that we should all have the space to work out in public what happened last weekend? The various social media platforms are spaces for people to have open, honest conversations, even if they’re idiots, or maliciously minded, or willing to lie. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We always call upon social media platforms to limit as much hate and extremist rhetoric on their platforms as possible. Confusion and legitimate questions are harder to police. I mean, what’s the first thing I did when I wanted to know what was going on after the assassination attempt? I went on social media. That’s very natural. I understand why people want to ask questions and throw theories out there. I don’t know that the public generally understands how damaging that is when it’s coming from millions and millions of people all at once, from influencers to the average user.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is all the more reason for the user to be responsible. By that, I mean don’t reshare every new theory you see. Make sure that something is actually credible before you reshare it. Maybe you don’t share anything at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Over the weekend, people started coming to me with questions because I’m a reporter. My first reaction was — really my honest reaction — was just, “I don’t know. We don’t know yet.” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But these days, we can all do what many of the major papers were doing, which is, you know, review the video and listen to people who are experts in Secret Service-style protection of political candidates and attempt to come up with a working theory. 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It’s just too early to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are we likely to see one or more conspiracy theories metastasize before the election? Precisely because we’re in a contested election?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In sports, they say, “There’s a lot of game left.” I would use that analogy here. There’s a lot that could change between now and November. Journalists will have their work cut out for them this coming election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there is a motive or an ideology [that explains] the shooter, that could also change everything. If there is no information about the shooter, then you can kind of tell whatever story you want to tell about who he was. Which is also dangerous. So, the ask is always for more answers, and the hope is always for a clear conclusion. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Rachael Myrow spoke with Aniano about which conspiracy theories had gained the most momentum in the wake of the shooting and why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow:\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> For the benefit of people unfamiliar with how you do the work you do, where do you start to look when high-profile events like this happen? What are you looking for?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sara Aniano:\u003c/strong> Basically, what we are looking for are the top themes. What are the most salient and problematic? It will all trickle down, or trickle up, from the prominent people to the not-so-prominent people. We look at influencers, especially those in the disinformation or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11765841/how-hate-filled-online-groups-encourage-budding-psychopaths-to-kill-others\">extremist worlds\u003c/a> because they have so much influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Along these lines, we should just go through the list of, you know, classic categories of conspiracy theories. For example, who’s operating in the \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/trump-assassination-attempt-sparks-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-and-violent\">\u003cstrong>anti-Semitic\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> space? This doesn’t seem like one that would make sense, given that \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/trump-israel-gaza-war-00150577\">\u003cstrong>Trump has been pro-Israel\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> and even pro [Benjamin] Netanyahu in the past, as has \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-faces-new-democratic-divisions-israel-shift-rcna151580\">\u003cstrong>President Joe Biden\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This particular kind of conspiracy theory, as you can imagine, is not terribly original. They just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11746552/no-lone-shooter-how-anti-semitism-is-winning-new-converts-on-the-internet\">blame Jews\u003c/a> at any and all opportunity that they can, to promote the narrative that Jews are evil, and working alongside the nefarious and secretive Deep State, and actively trying to dismantle the democratic process, the electoral process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a space on X titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-810332\">Jews Try to Assassinate Trump\u003c/a>, which featured a number of problematic individuals. We saw similar theories about the \u003ca href=\"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/social-media-accounts-spew-conspiracy-155807361.html\">Baltimore Bridge collapse\u003c/a>, which is such a different event. A lot of people will \u003ca href=\"https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/jfk/jfk00067.pdf\">blame the JFK assassination on the Jews\u003c/a>. So, there’s a historical precedent for trying to demonize Jews as responsible for the upheaval of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when you’re a conspiracy theorist, you have already arrived at your conclusion. You can always find dots to connect retroactively, right? It’s not evidence of a conspiracy, but you can make it look like evidence of a conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the people that were speculating about the involvement of the Deep State? How did they make the dots connect? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some predictable folks sharing “The Deep State Did It” theory. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/technology/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories.html\">Laura Loomer\u003c/a> is one, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooting-misinformation-conspiracy-theories/\">Alex Jones\u003c/a> is another. This alleged Deep State, which is almost always referring to the left, has to regain control, and they are working from the inside out to take out Trump. That’s been the main premise for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html\">QAnon\u003c/a>. So again, that is another narrative that is just easy, because of the nature of the highly politicized, highly partisan nature of what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There’s also, on the left, “\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/15/trump-shooting-shows-conspiracy-theories-not-confined-to-right-wing\">\u003cstrong>The Republicans Did It\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>” theory. The idea that it’s just too convenient. This is \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/oldmanebro/status/1812267797852107235\">\u003cstrong>too much of a boost to the Trump campaign\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>. Was that real blood streaming down his face or, you know, a ketchup packet on his cheek? Who’s making that argument? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were highly graphic videos circulating that showed really every moment. Start to finish. It’s all out there. That part is not shrouded in mystery. It was actually made quite available to the public very quickly. In part, thanks to photojournalists, but also thanks to on-the-ground witnesses who were documenting it at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people see shocking, traumatizing, and frankly remarkable footage like that, it scares people. People on the left understand how the story could be used politically to drum up sympathy. There is no evidence that this was staged or incited by the Trump campaign. 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I don’t know that the public generally understands how damaging that is when it’s coming from millions and millions of people all at once, from influencers to the average user.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is all the more reason for the user to be responsible. By that, I mean don’t reshare every new theory you see. Make sure that something is actually credible before you reshare it. Maybe you don’t share anything at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Over the weekend, people started coming to me with questions because I’m a reporter. My first reaction was — really my honest reaction — was just, “I don’t know. We don’t know yet.” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But these days, we can all do what many of the major papers were doing, which is, you know, review the video and listen to people who are experts in Secret Service-style protection of political candidates and attempt to come up with a working theory. 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