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Please Consider an Actual White House (Not the Onion) Vaccination Promo

A Day In My Life As a White House Intern

Here’s a hilarious White House sponsored video to promote vaccinations. The video features comedian Benny Drama, a Tic Tok star whose real name Benito Skinner.

Pink News says Drama is known for his impeccable Kris Jenner impression. 

Drama takes his character “Gen Z Intern” to the White House.

https://twitter.com/BennyDRAMA7/status/1424834745079193600

Video Features Drama and White House Press Secretary

The video was filmed at the White House and includes actual clips that include White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

Ben Shapiro Reaction

In dripping sarcasm Shapiro Comments “If there is one group of people that I would say rural Trump voters love is Tic-Tok stars. Love em.”

After playing clips, Shapiro comments “The group least likely to be vaccinated is people who identify as Republican and Black and Hispanic Americans. I’m just wondering, is this Benny Drama character either super popular among rural Trump voters and Tucker Carlson watchers or Black Americans living in the inner city?

Disingenuous Take

Clearly, this video was not aimed at either Republicans or Blacks. It was aimed at Gen Z. Stats show that age group is least likely to be vaccinated.

I do find the video funny although my initial reaction was along the lines of “Is this real or is it The Babylon Bee (a more modern version of The Onion).

Questions of the Day

  • Will the video encourage Gen Zers to get vaccinated?
  • Will older Republicans and Blacks see the video and respond negatively?

I do not know the answer to either question and neither does Shapiro.

Q1 Poll

Q2 Poll

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Six000mileyear
Six000mileyear
4 years ago
GenZ is the least likely to die from COVID. The vaccine doesn’t work very well considering two of my relatives were vaccinated and still became symptomatic 2-3 months later. The vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission of COVID.
RonJ
RonJ
4 years ago
How well did the pajama boy promos do in getting young people to sign up for Obamacare?
Corvinus
Corvinus
4 years ago
<yawn />
LM2022
LM2022
4 years ago
It’s targeted marketing.  Not every piece of marketing is meant for everyone.  The All State commercial with the yuppie couple insuring their 2 story house is not meant to appeal to poor people, for example.  This is clearly targeted at Gen Zers who have different views of gender rolls, sexuality, etc than do older generations.   And responding to someone below, if seeing this video makes you less likely to get the vaccine, then no amount of outreach or education or marketing is going to reach you. 
Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Reply to  LM2022
Not that many Gen Zers resemble the clown in the video even those who vote Democrat but I am sure in some very small circles he is the norm. 
Jackula
Jackula
4 years ago
Reply to  Doug78
You’d actually be surprised, the 20-35 crowd I know would relate. And this is coming from a quasi redneck living in Los Angeles. Def too weird for me tho
Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Reply to  Jackula
I know a lot of that generation and they are not like this clown. Of course they congregate in big cities but even there they are a small yet vocal minority.
Corvinus
Corvinus
4 years ago
Reply to  LM2022
On the other hand this article is being marketed toward the conservative leaning folks on this site to gin up some culture war oriented arguments for the sake of clicks. Don’t fall into the trap.
Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
Innovation and government:
Doug78
Doug78
4 years ago
  If this is an example of what their very expensive political consultants come up with to influence the Gen Zers or anybody else for that matter then it would explain a lot. Really, is this thing serious? Whose idea was this? To supposedly reach a certain group it turns off almost all others.
Greggg
Greggg
4 years ago
  • Will older Republicans and Blacks see the video and respond negatively?  Yep.   There’s a lot of talk around here making joke out of J&J “one-and-done”.    Saw a tee shirt this on the way home this weekend that said “J&J – none and done”.

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