TikTok influencers push 'Make America Hot Again' for Jon Ossoff

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff's political rise has TikToker influencers making clips to 'Make America Hot Again.'

The posts feature the 39-year-old Democrat in a light that has little to do with policy.

One popular clip is set to the song 'Real Big' by Mannie Fresh, with lyrics that include 'House real big, cars real big, d**k real big, everything real big.'

Another post shows Ossoff on the stump with the caption: 'Shaved my whole body just in case.'

A different user put the senator on a fictional cover of Tiger Beat magazine.

Comments on these videos range from playful to explicit.

'I have nothing respectful to say,' wrote one user, TheQueenBee727.

'I almost started barking,' added another commenter, Carrie Baby.

'I shook his hands and he has really big strong hands,' gushed a third.

Ossoff easily won reelection in a state that President Donald Trump carried two years ago.

He defeated Republican Representative Mike Collins by more than 750,000 votes — an 18 percent margin.

That victory came after a campaign where Trump himself mocked Ossoff as a 'Pee-wee Herman lookalike.'

A Republican-aligned Super PAC also ran AI-generated ads depicting the senator in a salon chair and labeling him a 'pretty boy.'

Ossoff responded to those attacks by continuing to campaign on issues like protecting children online and investigating unsolved civil rights murders.

But the TikTok posts ignore all of that.

Instead, they focus on what some call 'Big Dem Energy' — a phrase that appears in multiple clips.

The senator has become a breakout star of the midterms, and now slightly leads California Governor Gavin Newsom in polling, according to reports.

Ossoff is currently the youngest member of the U.S. Senate, first elected at age 33 in a dramatic January 2021 runoff election.

Before politics, he worked as an aide to the late Congressman John Lewis and ran a documentary film company that investigated corruption.

His social media team has earned praise for a 'knack for the soundbite' and what analysts call the 'Ossoff angle' — a combination of a far-off look and an upward camera angle that has drawn comparisons to President Barack Obama.

Some voters and analysts have labeled him the 'next Barack Obama,' with Obama's 2008 campaign slogan 'Yes we can' ringing out at a recent Ossoff rally.

But the TikTok trend has nothing to do with Obama comparisons.

It is purely about appearance, set to music, with no policy discussion.

Polymarket betting odds now show Ossoff leading Vice President JD Vance in 2028 presidential odds, 21 percent to 17 percent.

That lead comes with a caveat: about $6.5 million has been traded on Ossoff, compared with about $18.3 million on Vance.

Ossoff himself has said he has zero interest in running for president and pledged to serve his full six-year term through January 2033.

Political science professor Bernard Fraga of Emory University in Atlanta also considers a 2028 bid unlikely, saying Democrats' priority now is proving they can govern from Congress.