Rhode Island State Senator Tiara Mack has been trending on Twitter after she recorded a video of her twerking on the beach and it went viral on Monday. At the end of the video she jokingly looked into the camera and said “vote for Senator Mack.”
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Rhode Island State Senator Tiara Mack (D) made this video encouraging people to vote for her. She also sponsored a bill for teaching kids “queer inclusive, pleasure-based sex ed” pic.twitter.com/835n4jS8LS
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 5, 2022
Mack has been responding to comments all day about her viral Tiktok. Earlier today, republican politician Lavern Spicer used the word disgraced to describe the twerk video. “@MackDistrict6 just disgraced herself and disgraced every Black woman running for public office,” she said. “Right back at ya girl,” Senator Mack replied with a retweet.
Mack made another video responding to a message on Tiktok that said, “I don’t ever wanna hear you complain about how ‘women aren’t respected in this country’ after posting this.” Mack responded with a video saying, “honey baby, this ain’t it because I have a Ivy League degree and I’m a sitting state senator. It’s not about what I’m wearing or what I’m doing they won’t respect me regardless.”
This is what Demoncrats have to offer. Tiara Mack, RI Senate District 6 is an LGBTQ State senator twerking for your vote. Representation is nothing more than window dressing for system wired to fail for Black folks. pic.twitter.com/hRlzwurfqV
— Done which y’all (@AriseBantu) July 5, 2022
During a phone interview, Mack told NBC10 that it’s disappointing what is considered newsworthy in Rhode Island and that when it comes to coverage of her, the media errs on the side of racist and sexist tropes while her accomplishments in the legislature and as a national champion rugby player are not talked about.
Mack continued to slam Trolls with multiple Tiktok videos and said the video will probably help her get re-elected.
“My constituents fricking love that I’m a real person and fun and not a robot,” she said in one video.
“I’m trying to determine which point of envy these people are mad at. Is the Ivy League degree? Is it the sitting state senator? Is it the bodacious body? Because the hate is real and abundant,” Mack said in another.
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The state Republican Party is now fundraising off the video, trying to help Bonilla defeat who they term “Twerking Tiara Mack.”
#Socialites do you think trolls are taking this situation too far?