The Kamala Harris campaign’s efforts to engage new celebrities for campaign promotion are faltering, with major streamers and influencers rejecting her and some openly supporting President Trump.
Popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, who boasts nearly 13 million followers, revealed that both the Secret Service and Harris’s campaign have been harassing him for a collaboration. Cenat has made it clear that he is not interested.
This comes in the wake of a viral livestream featuring President Trump and streamer Adin Ross, which had a record-setting 100 million views.
Ross, a streamer on the rival platform Kick, hosted Trump for a fun and engaging session that attracted millions of live viewers. The stream included laughter, jokes, and dancing, and ended with Ross gifting Trump a Rolex watch and a Cybertruck adorned with the iconic photo of Trump raising his fist.
Watch:
NEW: Streamer Adin Ross gifts Donald Trump a Rolex on his live stream.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 5, 2024
Trump then opened the box before showing the watch to nearly 500,000 people on the stream.
Ross: “I hope you like watches… Rolex.”
Trump: “I don’t know what you’re doing but you really are… pic.twitter.com/FuLGbXxQVd
🚨BREAKING: Adin Ross gifts Donald Trump a Cybertruck with a wrap of the legendary photo with his fist raised after the assassination attempt pic.twitter.com/pStsV2VngI
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 5, 2024
The Harris campaign’s pressure on Cenat has intensified following the Trump-Ross collaboration, as TMZ reported that her team is keen to leverage Cenat’s large following to advance her presidential bid.
According to Cenat, the outreach from Harris’s team has been unwelcome and intrusive. During his stream, Cenat expressed his frustration and bewilderment over these unsolicited political requests.
TMZ reported:
Kai Cenat’s services are being requested to help endorse Kamala Harris for President after Adin Ross went all out for Donald Trump … and even gave him a Tesla Cybertruck!!!
On Monday, Adin gave a chunk of his Gen-Z audience a taste of political fodder when he hosted Trump to dish on — and diss — Joe Biden and Kamala, the American crime rate … even “relatable” topics like Young Thug’s current RICO trial.
It didn’t take long for Kai’s name to become a trending topic across social media SIMPLY for being Adin’s counterpart, but Kamala supporters think he needs to step in and provide balance to the Force!!!
Kai’s platform undoubtedly reflects the new landscape of late-night variety entertainment and the opportunities for Kamala to go viral and promote her campaign messaging are infinite.
Politics are new territory for Gen-Zers and Kai is currently knee-deep in campaigning for PC developers to adopt the PlayStation title “Bloodborne” to its ranks … not exactly an analysis of the GDP.
Watch (explicit language warning):
BREAKING: Streamer Kai Cenat says he’s been getting calls from Kamala Harris’s campaign and the Secret Service to setup a livestream with Kamala but he wants nothing to do with them
— George (@BehizyTweets) August 7, 2024
Kamala is getting rejected by everyone 😂
“I don’t give a f*ck”
They saw Trump with Adin Ross… pic.twitter.com/z5Hw3rAcYr
Wow. Democrats are getting really desperate.
