The Left Has A TYT Problem

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 With Joe Biden soon to be our next president, the question posed to the Left is now, "Who will go back to sleep?" The answer to that will be based on how the Left deals with the TYT problem. The problem? Well, with TYT's over 5 million followers, they are North Star, and with Uygur all but endorsing Neera Tanden to run the OMB there are bound to be some soul-searching and pushback.

Secular Talk and Humanist Report have already weighed in on the Tanden story. Convo Couch has rightly highlighted Uygur's take. I'm sure Jimmy Dore, Status Coup, Graham Elwood and Ron Placone will also say something. Whether or not they mention Uygur's take is up in the air, and that's a problem.

(well, not for Elwood and Placone; they don't really have ties to the guy)

Kyle Kulinski and Jimmy Dore are friends with Uygur; Kulinski started Justice Democrats with Uygur and Dore was with TYT under "Aggressive Progressives." Mike Figueredo channel is affiliated with TYT. Jordan Chariton is a former TYT employee (though no love is lost between him and Uygur). Convo Couch -and by extension Niko House's MCSC Network- are the only ones calling out Uygur for rewriting history to make Tanden more appealing, which is part of their long case of how TYT has changed since receiving $20 million from Jeffrey Katzenburg. 

To say that the Left revolves around just these sites would be arrogant, but the fact of the matter is TYT has a large audience, is arguably considered the acceptable left for many Establishment Democrats, and resonates with a lot of left-leaning personalities. Like it or not, they could (intentionally or unintentionally) be the catalyst for the American Left finally unifying, remaining decentralized or becoming even more fractured.  

Defending someone who Chuck Schumer is cool with may lead to said catalyst.



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