section_path: Cultural impact/Politics
section_name: Politics
paragraph_text: Politics
  
  "Not Like Us" was referenced a number of times during the 2024 US election cycle. Democratic figures including vice president Kamala Harris, representative Jasmine Crockett, mayor of Baltimore Brandon Scott, attorney general of Illinois Kwame Raoul, and a protest against Donald Trump in Chicago used the song's chorus as a political metaphor to criticize Trump and members of the Republican Party. Sports journalist Bomani Jones argued that the song influenced a shift in campaign messaging on "every side", suggesting a parallel with politicians like Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, publicly branding Trump, his running mate JD Vance, and other Republicans as "weird".
  
  After incumbent president Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election, Harris incorporated "Not Like Us" into her own presidential campaign with Walz as her running mate. Journalists were intrigued by the decision, as Harris's mixed-race ancestry was a subject of questioning by her opponents, while younger supporters such as Parker Short were energized by it. During the 2024 Democratic National Convention, "Not Like Us" was chosen as one of the four walk-on songs to represent California at the ceremonial roll call. It was referenced by Alabama congressional candidate Shomari Figures in the context of voting rights during his address at the convention. In global politics, rapper Sabi Wu sampled "Not Like Us" to compose a protest song opposing the Kenya Finance Bill.
  
  "Not Like Us" was referenced a number of times during the 2024 US election cycle. Democratic figures including vice president Kamala Harris, representative Jasmine Crockett, mayor of Baltimore Brandon Scott, attorney general of Illinois Kwame Raoul, and a protest against Donald Trump in Chicago used the song's chorus as a political metaphor to criticize Trump and members of the Republican Party. Sports journalist Bomani Jones argued that the song influenced a shift in campaign messaging on "every side", suggesting a parallel with politicians like Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, publicly branding Trump, his running mate JD Vance, and other Republicans as "weird".
  
  After incumbent president Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election, Harris incorporated "Not Like Us" into her own presidential campaign with Walz as her running mate. Journalists were intrigued by the decision, as Harris's mixed-race ancestry was a subject of questioning by her opponents, while younger supporters such as Parker Short were energized by it. During the 2024 Democratic National Convention, "Not Like Us" was chosen as one of the four walk-on songs to represent California at the ceremonial roll call. It was referenced by Alabama congressional candidate Shomari Figures in the context of voting rights during his address at the convention. In global politics, rapper Sabi Wu sampled "Not Like Us" to compose a protest song opposing the Kenya Finance Bill.