The following is part of an interview with Link Lauren, a new media journalist and TikTok sensation, and Federalist Staff Writer Evita Duffy-Alfonso. The two discuss how the GOP should message to Gen Z, TikTok, climate insanity, and more. It has been edited for length and clarity.
Click here to watch Link Lauren on TikTok.
Evita Duffy-Alfonso: Hi, everyone: this is Federalist staff writer Evita Duffy-Alfonso, and I’m here talking with Link Lauren, a new media journalist who has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok and is currently covering the GOP primaries. Today, we’re going to discuss with him what the GOP can do to reach out to Gen Zers and a number of other topics. So, Link, thanks for being here and talking with me today.
Link Lauren: Thank you for having me. I’m so excited to talk to you.
ED: Tell me a little bit about who you are, how you got into this realm of new media journalism, and why you think you’ve really struck a chord with so many people on social media.
LL: So I grew up in Dallas, Texas, and then I went to college at NYU, the most liberal school on Earth. NYU really went on lockdown during the pandemic, like really shut down. So, I was in my apartment, doing school online, and I decided to start covering cultural stories and news stories. And that’s where I started growing my following. The mainstream media sometimes can be a little skewed —
