Democratic lawmaker calls on progressives to stop leaving X [Video]

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said during a recent interview that progressives should remain on X as many have already deactivated their accounts amid President-elect Trump’s victory.

“I think that everything he has said publicly is he believes in free and open speech, and we need to have more platforms. Now, I don’t think X should be the only platform,” Khanna told Politico during a podcast interview. 

Khanna spoke with Anne McElvoy during an interview on Politico’s “Power Play” podcast. Several progressives have fled X, formerly known as Twitter, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk. 

“Not only do I stay, I use it all the time … I don’t think that the answer for progressives is to disengage,” Khanna added.

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Following the election results, liberal pundits in particular made a point to avoid X.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace told viewers that she deleted her X …