Oklahoma Senate Candidate's Viral Video Draws Criticism After Primary Win

A viral video featuring NKiyla Jasmine Thomas, the newly nominated Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma, has drawn widespread attention and criticism after resurfacing online following her primary victory. The clip, originally posted in September 2025, shows Thomas in a pink bedroom performing a dramatic scene inspired by the film "Mean Girls," which includes screaming and placing a photograph of former Senator Markwayne Mullin into a "Burn Book." Thomas secured the Democratic nomination on August 26, 2026, defeating attorney Jim Priest in a runoff election. She will face Republican Representative Kevin Hern in the general election on November 3, 2026, for the seat vacated by Mullin, who now serves as Secretary of Homeland Security. Within a day of her primary win, the 2025 TikTok video began circulating widely on social media, highlighted by various accounts and commentators. In the video, Thomas is seen running into a pink bedroom as a soundtrack of screaming plays. She retrieves a pink book labeled "Burn Book," cuts out a photograph of Mullin, tapes it inside, and writes beneath it, "Markwayne Mullin is a terrible senator.