A Democrat member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus from California is encouraging liberals not to abandon X following Donald Trump’s victory Nov. 5, with many doing so in protest of the president-elect’s association with Elon Musk, the social media platform’s owner.

Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents California’s 17th Congressional District and easily won reelection to a fourth term, said liberals like himself should not abandon X for other social media platforms, Politico reported Thursday.

“I think that everything he has said publicly is he believes in free and open speech, and we need to have more platforms,” Khanna said of Musk on Politico’s Power Play podcast. “Not only do I stay, I use it all the time … I don’t think that the answer for progressives is to disengage. 

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