DONALD TRUMP JR. claimed “waterboarding” would be better than watching a TikTok influencer Benny Drama’s video portraying White House Press Secretary Jenn Psaki’s intern in a bid to boost Covid-19 vaccinations.
Trump Jr. panned Monday’s video by tweeting: “Next they’re going to waterboard you till you get vaccinated, though there’s no way that would be worse than watching this!!!”
The star of the TikTok video is Skinner, who goes by the handle @bennydrama7 and boasts over 900,000 followers.
He launched the public service announcement on Monday titled ‘A day in my life as a White House intern <3.’
It features Benny adopting his comedic character Kooper, as a “Gen Z” White House intern causing mischief as a way to inspire more young Americans to receive their vaccinations.
The video has been “liked” nearly 550,000 times.
KOOPER HEADS TO 1600
Kooper obsessively records himself casually arriving at work, sipping a large White House seal stamped cup of joe, boisterously dancing around the country’s most exclusive residences.
He also mocks the duties of the prestigious position by cutting a phone call short, drops documents on the floor and pretends to interrupt an Oval Office meeting, to say: “Hey POTUS!”
Press Secretary Jenn Psaki serves as Kooper’s supervisor.
At one point in the short video, Kooper struts into her office and informs her: “Jenny, I booked you a nail appointment, love.”
Psaki appears displeased.
“I didn’t tell you to do that,” she tells him.
“It’s called initiative,” the underling hits back.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS
In another scene, Psaki dictates critical information to Kooper about the federal government’s outreach to stop Covid.
“We’ve come a long way in our fight against this virus. We’ve vaccinated 160 million Americans.
“Are you getting this all down?” she asks.
But Kooper appears to pick something from his teeth and isn’t taking any notes.
“Don’t worry, queen – it’s all right here,” he says, pointing to his temple and making a snap noise.
The parodying intern is then seen on another phone call laid back on the chair with his feed up on the desk.
“We need to get shots in the arms of every single American,” he says.
‘IS OLIVIA RODRIGO STILL HERE?’
The “intern” is seen wandering around the White House corridors and at one point asks Psaki: “Is Olivia Rodrigo still here?”
Back on July 14, Rodrigo accepted an invitation to meet with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The purpose of her visit was to also increase Covid-19 vaccination outreach to her fans who skew younger.
At the time, the 18-year-old pop sensation took the podium to spread the word on the benefits of vaccinating America’s youth.
“First I want to say I am beyond honored and humbled to be here today to help spread the message about the importance of COVID vaccinations,” Rodrigo said, according to the New York Post.
Afterward, Dr. Fauci considered Rodrigo a “trusted messenger” that “people can relate to as opposed to just federal officials.”
During Tuesday’s press conference Psaki confirmed that Dr. Fauci will be engaging with “millennial mom influencers and Gen-Z influencers” to inspire more vaccinations among the younger generations.
