Ro Khanna: “Calling someone a communist is not believable, especially in my case, where I represent a district that's $20…”

“And that is why I ask why you would dismiss the idea that calling everyone a communist might not work in the end. Well, I would distinguish between your example and just calling someone communist. Calling someone a communist is not believable, especially in my case, where I represent a district that's $20 trillion. and literally one third of the nation's wealth. A lot of things you could call me, but calling me a communist just, well, they'll find some aid to mom, Donna, or Sanders or someone who said something that sounded communist, and they'll.” (12:20–12:27)

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