MeidasTouch Pops on Podcast Charts as Progressives Search for Answers
By Ken Bensinger and Reid J. Epstein
Last week, Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, invited Carlos Eduardo Espina, a left-wing influencer who delivers news updates in Spanish and has 12.3 million followers on TikTok, to be his guest for Mr. Trump’s speech to Congress and to post videos commenting on the event. The 11 videos Mr. Espina uploaded to the site about the event have racked up more than 17 million views.
But Mr. Khanna argues that until more members of his party begin to see social media influencers as an integral part of the movement, it will be impossible to catch up.
“I think the right has really created a space in the digital world where people feel they’re part of a community,” he said. “And the left has not done that.”