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The hashtag #KHive refers to an informal online community supporting the Vice-Presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris. It is not formally affiliated with the campaign. It formed prior to and during her 2020 presidential campaign as an effort to defend Harris from racist and sexist attacks. The movement has been cited as an example of social media fandom or stan culture. Harris' supporters also use the hashtag #WeGotHerBack.

Sources vary on the coinage of the term. The Daily Dot said Joy Reid first used the term in August 2017 in a tweet saying "@DrJasonJohnson @ZerlinaMaxwell and I had a meeting and decided it's called the K-Hive." Reecie Colbert, a prominent member of the movement, told Bakari Sellers she believed "a woman by the name of Bianca a.k.a. Brave is the person who coined the term." She said the movement had no formal leaders but was "just a bunch of really scrappy accounts on Twitter, on social media."

The hashtag emerged in August 2018, before Harris had announced her presidential candidacy but after she told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt that she was "not ruling it out." As of July 2019, while Harris was in her presidential campaign, 38,000 Twitter accounts had used the hashtag and according to Vox "accrued an estimated 360 million impressions". The hashtag is a reference to #BeyHive, which is a group of Beyoncé fans.

Organizing platform Mobilize said Harris' digital team "was able to draw her community of online supporters, also known as the KHive, off the internet and into the volunteer ecosystem, where they could advocate on behalf of the campaign, call potential voters, and host events". The organization is expected to be helpful to the 2020 Biden-Harris campaign.

When Harris endorsed Joe Biden in March 2020, the Biden campaign released a video in which Biden asks Harris if the #KHive will support him.

References

1. ^ Zhou, Li (July 25, 2019). "The #KHive, Kamala Harris's most devoted online supporters, explained". Vox. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. "Analysis | The Technology 202: Kamala Harris is already facing online attacks in her bid for the vice presidency". Washington Post. Retrieved August 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. ^ Zakrzewski, Cat (August 13, 2020). "Kamala Harris is already facing online attacks in her bid for the vice presidency". Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
4. ^ Bixby, Scott (August 12, 2020). "Kamala Harris Built a 'Digital Army'—Now She Gets to Use It". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
5. "Kamala Harris Dropped Out, But The #KHive and Stan Culture Aren't Leaving Politics". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
6. ^ "With VP Pick Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Gets a Digital Juggernaut". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
7. "What Is the K-Hive, Kamala Harris' Online Twitter Support?". The Daily Dot. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. ^ Sellers, Bakari (August 17, 2020). "Welcome to the #KHive With Reecie Colbert, Chris Evans, and Julie Zebrak". The Ringer. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
9. Shelbourne, Mallory (June 25, 2018). "Kamala Harris on 2020 presidential bid: 'I'm not ruling it out'". TheHill. Retrieved August 15, 2020.

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