Podemos launches baseless #MeToo attack on Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo
World-renowned Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo made a triumphant return to the stage in Spain in June after a nearly two-year absence, receiving a lengthy standing ovation. The 80-year-old baritone/tenor last sang in his home country in 2019, before the launching of a #MeToo-style sexual misconduct witch-hunt against him that year.
Popular enthusiasm for the singer’s return sharply contrasts with the attitude taken by the “left populist” Podemos party, which governs in Spain in coalition with the social-democratic Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE). Podemos politicians launched a vicious campaign denouncing Domingo’s appearance and the positive reception he enjoyed as an insult to women.