"Go where your audience is, not where comfortable El-Sayed explained that mainstream political figures called for reaching voters on podcasts like Joe Rogan's after Trump's 2024 win, but then attacked him for appearing on a left-leaning Twitch stream with millions of young viewers — revealing the advice was about optics, not genuine outreach. He noted young voters showed up to his events specifically because he went to "the places where people who feel locked out of our politics are actually paying attention." The lesson for anyone building an audience, a movement, or a business is to follow where your target constituency genuinely spends its time, even if that platform feels unfamiliar or unconventional to gatekeepers. Source: Abdul El-Sayed, Breaking Points, Michigan Senate Race Interview"