Democrat congressman dragged for ‘weird’ TikTok ‘aura farming’ trend video
Rep Suhas Subramanyam D-Va got in on TikTok s aura farming trend posting a clip of himself dancing solo in the congressional subway captioned omw to hold this administration accountable In the short clip Subramanyam appears on the House subway wearing sunglasses striking poses and waving his arms before locking in on the camera Subramanyam's aura farming appears to have backfired with chosen commenters calling it out as tone-deaf hypocritical and cringe Left-leaning viewers frustrated with perceived inaction from Democrats under President Donald Trump took aim at the VA- congressman in the comment section One of the top-liked comments requested flatly By doing nothing Another read Representatives have got to stop doing this Authentically do something THE REVOLUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED HOW ZOHRAN MAMDANI WON THE NYC PRIMARY ONLINEMany commenters linked the post to Subramanyam s past voting record including his controversial decision against his party just weeks ago not to move forward with a House impeachment resolution against Trump On June Subramanyam voted to table i e block a resolution to impeach President Trump over high crimes and misdemeanors The resolution was introduced by Rep Al Green D-Texas but was halted by a wide House majority Several comments mocked the tone and delivery of the video One read - aura while another stated Our taxpayer money hard at work Another commenter wrote So what exactly are you on your way to do Because so far democrats have not really done anything at all A top comment only read This feels weird idk FAR-LEFT LAWMAKER BREAKS SILENCE AFTER UNEARTHED SOCIAL MEDIA POST IGNITES FIRESTORMOne lengthy reply disclosed Not trying to be disrespectful But Less of this sh-- More fire on the floor please I get wanting to do outreach But this Isn t the action an average American requirements from their representatives right now We re approaching no taxation without representation territory here Do better Another suggested Introduce a new amendment for every one performative TikTok a Congress person posts they have to cosign bills that work to limit the power of money in politics Subramanyam a former tech advisor in the Obama White House and the first South Asian elected to Virginia s General Assembly has gained a reputation as a more moderate Democrat He won Virginia s th District in and often plays up his immigrant roots in political messaging The aura farming trend popular among Gen Z and Gen Alpha refers to pulling off effortless cool gestures usually while standing still It took off after a now-viral video of -year-old Indonesian boy Rayyan Arkan Dikha danced stone-faced and confident while wearing sunglasses aboard a racing boat Most of aura farming clips on TikTok are soundtracked to Young Black Rich by Melly Mike which includes the lyric I ain't even gon' get mad I'm young black and rich CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital reached out to Subramanyam s office and TikTok for comment
