Users were not feeling a tweet from the Senate Democrats’ X account on Monday, in which the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) used a Chappell Roan song in what’s being viewed a cringe-inducing, desperate-seeming attempt to inspire people to vote.
The account tweeted, “H-O-T-T-O-V-O-T-E!” in a play on words from the singer-songwriter’ chorus. Roan, who identifies as queer and occasionally performs in drag, released her single “HOT TO GO!” last year.
Some users were quick to point out in the replies that using a song by a queer artist to get out the vote felt inauthentic, amid ongoing criticism that institutions often only spotlight LGBTQ+ people and issues when it benefits them.
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