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'{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Kamala Harris series}} 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.<ref name="zhouVOX25july2019" /> It formed prior to and during her [[Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]] as an effort to defend Harris from racist and sexist attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Analysis {{!}} The Technology 202: Kamala Harris is already facing online attacks in her bid for the vice presidency|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/13/technology-202-kamala-harris-is-already-facing-online-attacks-bid-vice-presidency/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 16, 2020|website=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref name="zakrzewskiWAPO13aug2020">{{Cite web |last=Zakrzewski |first=Cat |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Kamala Harris is already facing online attacks in her bid for the vice presidency |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/13/technology-202-kamala-harris-is-already-facing-online-attacks-bid-vice-presidency/ |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref><ref name="zhouVOX25july2019">{{Cite web |last=Zhou |first=Li |date=July 25, 2019 |title=The #KHive, Kamala Harris’s most devoted online supporters, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/25/20697783/khive-twitter-kamala-harris-2020-candidate-doug-hive |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref><ref name="bixbyDBEAST12aug2020">{{Cite web |last=Bixby |first=Scott |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Kamala Harris Built a ‘Digital Army’—Now She Gets to Use It |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-built-a-digital-army-now-she-gets-to-use-it |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> The movement has been cited as an example of social media fandom or [[stan culture]].<ref name="zhouVOX25july2019" /><ref name="bixbyDBEAST12aug2020" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kamala Harris Dropped Out, But The #KHive and Stan Culture Aren’t Leaving Politics|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/2020-stans-khive-beto-pete-kamala|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en}}</ref> Harris' supporters also use the hashtag '''#WeGotHerBack'''.<ref name="zakrzewskiWAPO13aug2020" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=With VP Pick Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Gets a Digital Juggernaut|language=en-us|work=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/kamala-harris-vp-joe-biden-gets-digital-juggernaut/|access-date=August 16, 2020|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> 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 "@[[Jason Johnson (professor)|DrJasonJohnson]] @[[Zerlina Maxwell|ZerlinaMaxwell]] and I had a meeting and decided it's called the K-Hive."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 12, 2020|title=What Is the K-Hive, Kamala Harris' Online Twitter Support?|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/k-hive-kamala-harris-twitter-2020/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 16, 2020|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sellers|first=Bakari|date=August 17, 2020|title=Welcome to the #KHive With Reecie Colbert, Chris Evans, and Julie Zebrak|url=https://www.theringer.com/2020/8/17/21371803/welcome-to-thShe said the movement had no formal leaders but was "just a bunch of really scrappy accounts on Twitter, on social media."<ref name=":1" /> The hashtag emerged in 2017, before Harris had announced her presidential candidacy and before she told MSNBC's [[Kasie Hunt]] that she was "not ruling it out."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shelbourne|first=Mallory|date=June 25, 2018|title=Kamala Harris on 2020 presidential bid: ‘I’m not ruling it out’|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/393912-kamala-harris-on-2020-presidential-bid-im-not-ruling-it-out|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=TheHill|language=en}}</ref> As of July 2019, while Harris was in her presidential campaign, 38,000 [[Twitter]] accounts had used the hashtag and according to [[Vox Media|''Vox'']] "accrued an estimated 360 million impressions".<ref name="zhouVOX25july2019" /> The hashtag is a reference to #[[BeyHive]], which is a group of [[Beyoncé]] fans.<ref name="zakrzewskiWAPO13aug2020" /><ref name="zhouVOX25july2019" /><ref name="bixbyDBEAST12aug2020" /> Organizing platform [[Mobilize.org|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".<ref name=":0" /> The organization is expected to be helpful to the 2020 Biden-Harris campaign.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name="bixbyDBEAST12aug2020" /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Kamala Harris}} {{United States presidential election, 2020}} [[Category:Celebrity fandom]] [[Category:Hashtags]] [[Category:Kamala Harris]] [[Category:Twitter]] [[Category:Virtual communities]] [[Category:Words and phrases introduced in 2017]]'