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Ro Khanna: “Labels usually don't matter in American politics, in my…”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Ro Khanna lays out progressive agenda as he 'seriously' considers presidential run | Newsmakers

Published | Video Starts at 10:43

… Republicans have often picked out a label like that and repeated it and repeated it and repeated it, and then it turned out to stick. Are you concerned about that? Labels usually don't matter in American politics, in my view. Are you kidding me? We've been calling the guy a fascist for 10 years, and he's 12 terms. I mean, you know, I mean, communist fascists. Well, here's what people care about. (10:43–10:47)

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Asserts that political labels generally do not have significant impact in American politics.

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