A popular social media creative and former Shortland St actor who works in the Labour Party leader’s office has fallen foul of the Speaker after a private post took aim at Finance Minister Nicola Willis and used edited official footage from Parliament.
Jordan Rivers, also known as Jordan Lafoa’i, has been working in a part-time capacity in the Labour leader’s office since January as a social media adviser to the party’s Māori caucus. He is employed by the Parliamentary Service.
Rivers has a popular social media presence with almost 200,000 followers on TikTok, 72,000 followers on Instagram and 38,000 followers on Facebook.
This all seems to be a bit mean to Jordan Rivers. He’s the new wave of social media Wellington Woke trying to erase the memory of the more extreme cancel culture purges of the past with quips and insights that the Wellington Wokies love.
Painting him up as some sort of social media guru seems to be a bit of reach by the NZ Herald, he did sweet fuck all to change the Tamaki Makaurau by-election result where Labour got crushed despite te Pati Māori leading a social media first campaign that totally outflanked Labour’s attempts.
Claiming 200 000 followers on TikTok is like holding up 20 000 followers on BlueSky, as in who gives a fuck?
Podcasts are where it’s at for the Left to reach the male voters they need to win the next election, social media frisson is a cultural venereal disease that is as empty as it is flakey.
Children like TikTok, Children don’t vote.
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