CNN 'sJohn King and MSNBC'sSteve Kornacki have become unexpected icons on the internet in the days after the election.- On TikTok, the #SteveKornacki hashtag had more than 660,000 views and the #JohnKing hashtag had 4.3 million views as of Friday morning.
- Here are the best TikToks about the
news anchors.
As votes continued to be counted in the 2020 presidential election, there was one unifying source of comfort for TikTokers: CNN's John King and MSNBC's Steve Kornacki, whose positive vibes and seemingly endless amounts of energy kept them mapping out election results on-air for days.
King, CNN's chief national correspondent, and Kornacki, a national political correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News, were tasked with the tough jobs of manning their networks' respective election maps during the week of the election. As each new so-called "dump" of votes rolled in, they tirelessly mapped out how the new votes would impact the tight race between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, whose win Insider and Decision Desk HQ projected on Friday morning.
King and Kornacki were sights for sore eyes for many news-watchers who took to TikTok to praise the news anchors. As of Friday morning, the #SteveKornacki hashtag had more than 660,000 views and the #JohnKing hashtag had 4.3 million views.
TikTokers were concerned that King and Kornacki were sleep-deprived
Kornacki finally took a break from screen time on Wednesday afternoon, after more than 24 hours of Election Day work, The Washington Post reported. Kornacki told GQ that a "constant supply" of Diet Coke was keeping him awake. King only slept a total of 6.5 hours between Tuesday and Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
@bridgetcnolan SOMEONE HELP THIS MAN ##johnking ##cnn ##2020election ##bidenharris2020 ##fyp ##foryoupage ##foryou
♬ Wendy Williams on The Masked Singer - Juls
@clara_the_cat john ur a true american hero. ##cnn ##johnking ##news ##election ##biden ##biden2020 ##democrat ##liberal ##fyp
♬ Wendy Williams on The Masked Singer - Juls
Chrissy Teigen tweeted on Wednesday a picture of herself holding her eyes open, writing, "I honestly dunno how steve is still going im bout to die."
—chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 5, 2020
Others just couldn't believe how many hours of work they were putting in
The stamina of both King and Kornacki has been hard to fathom. Even other anchors and analysts had to ask how they were still standing. Joyce Van White, a legal analyst for MSNBC, said in a Thursday tweet, "How is @SteveKornacki still lucid?"
@kiillacam_ This man makes me believe in commitment again. I’d save him in the race war - don’t ask questions. ##johnking ##cnn ##electionmap ##fucktrump ##biden2020
♬ Elevator Music - Bohoman
@aziacelestino Get ##stevekornacki a fresh pair of pants and a raise ##lonely ##election2020 ##MyRecommendation
♬ Lonely - Justin Bieber & benny blanco
@e.mmamay This man has not slept in 3 days ##MyRecommendation ##johnking ##election ##election2020 ##xyzbca ##foryou
♬ Ur appreciated ily - angela
@kaley89785 John KING hasn’t sat down since tuesday... the real hero ##fyp ##election ##johnking
♬ Play Date - Melanie Martinez
@add.value.tharasu Reply to @shrina917 my bestie need some sleep ##election2020 ##johnking
♬ That's My Best Friend - Tokyo Vanity
The best TikToks, though, were from people crushing on the anchors
Fancams — videos editing together footage of a group or person, originated by the K-pop fan community — have been huge in the King and Kornacki TikTok Cinematic Universe. In addition to the well-edited fancams, though, many TikTokers just commented on their crushes.
@maya_loves_hobi did I just spend an hour making a steve kornaki edit instead of my jomwwork ##stevekornacki ##msnbc ##2020election ##biden ##biden2020 ##HomeOffice
♬ Zack Knight_Dum Dee Dum - 뷔
@welcometomeg I only want to watch the kornacki cam for the rest of my life ##stevekornacki ##biden2020 ##biden ##kornackicam ##bidenharris2020 ##msnbc
♬ original sound - KyWavyyy
@coachchrissy29 YAS KING! John King just hits different after 27hrs of CNN ##johnking ##cnn ##fyp ##election2020 ##biden2020 @cnnnewstoremember
♬ Blinding Lights MuchDank edit - Marvieee
@aurora.schloat john king is the reason none of my assignments are getting done ##johnking ##2020election
♬ original sound - Nolips.Gio
@add.value.tharasu this account is officially a John King fan account ##2020election ##johnking ##fyp
♬ That's My Best Friend - Tokyo Vanity
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