Colau returns to X five years later to accept the interview with Jordi Wild
The Front Ampli presidential candidate wants to avoid leaving the "field free" to the right and the far right
BarcelonaAda Colau returns to X. After five years of having left it, the presidential candidate of the left-wing coalition Front Ampli does not want to waste any platform and has resumed her activity on this social network to publicly accept the interview offered to her by YouTuber Jordi Wild. Sources from the Comuns explain that the former mayor chooses to return to these channels because she does not want to leave the "field open" to the right, even though she is aware that the algorithm is "biased" and "favors the noise and lies" of conservative and far-right parties.
The same sources explain that Colau's return aims to reach "many people, especially young people," who are looking for "honest answers" through social networks or YouTube channels like Jordi Wild's regarding crises such as housing, emancipation, or the high cost of living. Thus, to avoid them "only receiving misinformation," Colau's party promises that they want to speak to this audience "one-on-one, and to demonstrate that there are real and rigorous proposals for people's lives." "We don't want to preach or fall into their provocations," add the Comuns.
Jordi Wild has asked to interview the presidential candidates of the four main state parties—except for Irene Montero, leader of Podemos—on his YouTube channel, which has more than seven million subscribers, for the upcoming Spanish elections on November 29. The leaders of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and Vox, Santiago Abascal, have accepted the proposal. As for Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), he has not responded yet, according to the content creator himself.
Five years later
The former mayor of Barcelona returns to the social network of tycoon Elon Musk, very close to the Donald Trump administration, after having abandoned it five years ago, when she was still mayor of Barcelona. At that time, Colau justified the decision because the social network "filled up with fake and anonymous profiles that intoxicate and incite hatred." "Many of them are even bought by the far right," tweeted the Front Ampli candidate on April 11, 2021.
