Down-with-the-kids Kamala plays to Gen Z voters by revealing what she really thinks of the TikTok bill, stopping short of slamming college protests and talking about her hair

Vice President Kamala Harris continues trying to demonstrate her professed love for Gen-Z and young people on the campaign trail as she tries to reboot her image for the 2024 election.

The Vice President tried to soften the administration’s support of a bill that would ban TikTok, and took a delicate approach to antisemitism among college pro-Palestinian protests and even filmed a Buzzfeed video about her 'hair journey.'

Harris claimed the Biden administration did not want to ban TikTok even though she said the president would ‘absolutely’ sign the foreign aid package that includes the measure would ban TikTok if the Chinese company Bytedance fails to divest from the platform.

Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters after speaking at a Biden/Harris campaign event

   ‘Let me be clear. We do not want to ban TikTok and that is not our intention at all,’ Harris said during an interview with local television in Wisconsin on Monday.

The White House has said that Biden would sign the $95 billion aid package which includes the TikTok ban after it passes the Senate.

But Harris tried to soften the messaging for young users of the social media platform, indicating hope that TikTok would comply with the new law. 

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event

People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban

‘We’re not trying to ban TikTok, we’re basically saying we gotta pay attention to who the owner of Tiktok is and pay attention to what that presents in terms of national security issues,’ she said. ‘We do not want to ban TikTok at all.’

Harris also spoke delicately about the growing anti-semitism among college protesters at some of Americans most prestigious universities.

‘I am very concerned about it, frankly, over what we have now seen since October 7 and we’re seeing it only grow and I’m concerned deeply about it,’ she said, without condemning the young pro-Palestine protesters.

As part of her ongoing push to attract young voters, Harris also participated in a Buzzfeed video about her ‘hair journey.’

Kamala Harris details her 'hair journey' to Buzzfeed 

Harris spoke with Buzzfeed about her experience with her mother putting her hair into two braids when she was in grade-school and would take them out at school.

In college, she explained, she cut her hair short out of convenience. 

‘It was just easy instead of having to deal with the amount of time it takes to do your own hair or get it done, which I really couldn’t afford to do. It just was easy, when I was at college I just didn’t want to have to put that kind of time into worrying about my hair,’ she said.

She explained she grew out her hair longer after she was elected District Attorney in San Francisco and uses a ‘round brush’ not a hot iron to style her hair.

When asked for her message to black voters ahead of the election, Harris replied, ‘Don’t ever let anyone take your power from you, your vote matters. It is because people turned out in record numbers in 2020 to vote that I am the first president of the United States.’

US Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters at a campaign event on April 4, 2024

Women hold signs as the listen to US Vice President Kamala Harris speak on abortion rights 

The Vice President continues focusing most of her attention on the campaign trail on the issue of abortion rights, speaking at another event Monday in Wisconsin to highlight the issue as it pertains to freedom.

‘I am very optimistic about what we are capable of, I know what we are fighting for, we’re not fighting against something, we’re fighting for all that we believe in to be good and right about our country,’ she said to an audience Monday afternoon. ‘We love our country, we love our country and we understand then what is at stake in terms of foundational fundamental principals and ideals including one of the most important, that of freedom.’