A video of a drag queen showing Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris (D-CA) how to properly thworp a fan has gone viral.
Shangela is best known for her appearances on seasons two and three of RuPaul’s Drag Race and season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, as well as for her role in A Star Is Born. And she was at The Abbey in Los Angeles this week teaching Harris how to thworp a fan, an essential skill for a drag queen.
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The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you.“You do it, I want to see you!” Shangela says, handing a fan over to the esteemed senator.
Harris botches the thworp, so Shangela shows her how it’s done a couple of times.
Harris then thworps the fan like a boss and the crowd cheers.
Shangela has endorsed Harris for high office. She told the LA Blade that Harris “is one of the most inspirational candidates running right now and as a representative of the LGBTQ community, and as a gay person and as a Black person, as a person interested in being out there and having my voice heard – I feel like she’s listening.”
Shangela already has the whole world screaming halleloo, now let’s see if she can get the White House to do the same.
