Aaron Parnas
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Are you shoveling or is your husband shoveling?
What should we calm down about this week?
Oh, calm down about the fact that the State of the Union actually moved any needles.
Didn't do anything.
Gone.
Thank you.
Oh, did I say that?
All right.
Great to see you.
So this has gotta be a pretty big day in your world.
What has the reaction been?
Aaron Parnas has nearly 5 million followers on TikTok.
He's one of many creators who worry their political content is being suppressed.
Sarah Roberts, a UCLA professor who studies social platforms, says the concerns aren't unfounded.
TikTok says its algorithm doesn't discriminate based on political affiliation.
And according to the Pew Research Center, 25 percent of TikTok news influencers lean right, while 28 percent lean left.
I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop.
I said in March that the rhetoric didn't stop.
There's going to be bloodshed.