Top Biden Adviser Anita Dunn Promoted TikTok After It Hired Her Old Lobbying Firm

Anita Dunn, White House senior adviser and founding partner of public affairs and political consulting firm SKDK, encouraged utilizing its client TikTok to promote President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in February, according to Politico.SKDK has several prominent Democratic alumni including some at high levels of the Biden administration, and TikTok hired the company in early 2023, according to Politico. Dunn is prohibited from involvement in matters relating to SKDK under White House ethics policy, but she promoted the client in a conference call titled “Women’s Community Engagement Update” hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement.Dunn informed participants on the call that the White House would like people to highlight the administration’s achievements on social media, according to two people who were on the call, Politico reported. She acknowledged that the White House could not use TikTok, but implied that if participants were TikTok users, then they ought to spread portions of the president’s address on the platform. (RELATED: After Taking TikTok Cash, The Washington Post …