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Ro Khanna: “They ran a million dollar candidate against me because I…”

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

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They didn't like me because I was for the 5% California tax because I believe we should pay for poor kids health care instead of them. Well, They ran a million dollar candidate against me because I supported the [5% California] tax. I won 63 to 6. So here's my question. If the guy representing a third of the nation's wealth in Silicon Valley can be taxing the billionaires, how is this a hard vote for 434 other members of Congress? (07:24)

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