The FBI is investigating threats to an online comedienne who appeared on a “White Women for Kamala Harris” Zoom call. Arielle Fodor, who runs a TikTok channel where she plays a character known as “Mrs. Frazzled,” attended the online gathering of white American females who planned to vote for Harris in November but was quickly subject to death threats, harassment, and doxing.
The former teacher has over a million social media followers, and her fictional character generates laughs by reprimanding adults for acting like children. “White Women For Kamala” organizer Shannon Watts asked Fodor to adopt her comedy persona and instruct Harris supporters on interacting with social media users in the lead-up to the election. Some people, however, did not appear to understand the joke and believed that Ms. Fodor was genuinely addressing the meeting as though attendees were young children.
High-profile conservative figures, including Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro, invited comments on the Zoom call. Many responders called the meeting “dystopian” and “an episode of Black Mirror” – the Netflix science fiction show that depicts a terrifying future.
Additionally, Kylie Jane Kremer of the Women for America First organization wrote that it was “incredibly disturbing” that Arielle Fodor should be anywhere near a classroom.
Fodor told reporters that since the Zoom call, she has received eleven direct death threats and a food delivery she did not order. She said this was her harassers’ way of telling her that they knew where she lived. Family members also received threatening phone calls, and unknown sources told the comedienne that they would publish her personal information on the internet.
More than 160,000 people attended the “White Women for Kamala” event, which raised more than $2 million. Data shows that white female voters may hold the key to the White House and are America’s largest single demographic group. While more than 50% of white women voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, analysts suggest the former President may not have the same support this year, partly due to younger women voting for the first time. Additionally, women have not voted in a Presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, and data suggests abortion may have a significant impact and turn female voters toward Harris.
