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Ro Khanna: “We can keep putting up these status quo folks and we can…”

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

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Published July 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 30:56

People didn't feel us. And so, okay, they voted. And Gaza was going on and we didn't even allow a Palestinian American to speak. Yeah. And so, you know, We can keep putting up these status quo folks and we can keep losing. or we can realize that people are angry in this country at both parties and we got to take on the establishment. (30:56–31:07)

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“There are about 10 of us who don't take any PAC money or any lobbyist money.”
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“After three months, [Israel] had destroyed most of the Hamas battalions.”
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“Half this country has a declining standard of living.”
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“He [Gavin Newsom] hasn't supported the single payer bill.”
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“We should just release these [Epstein] files.”
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“Yes, I think [the list] exists.”
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“If the amendment passes, it would require Pam Bondi to release the list and any evidence, any files within 30 days.”
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“The speaker is going to try to probably stop this from coming to a vote.”
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“The Rules Committee is basically appointed by the Speaker.”
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“The majority has it stacked in their favor.”
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“They vote on whether your amendment, whether your bill can even get a vote in the Congress.”
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“There are hundreds and thousands of people who may have been caught up in an investigation [related to Jeffrey Epstein].”
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“The President should say, I am making an exception because of all the stakes. We're going to release all the information.”
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“DC Just doesn't allow votes [to] ban PAC money.”
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“Summer Lee and I have a bill to [ban super PACs].”
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“It's, by the way, constitutional, even under Citizens United.”
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“The House passed [HR1] and then the Senate couldn't get it passed because of the quote, unquote filibuster that was Manchin cinema.”
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“There's a new wing of the Democratic Party that wants to get rid of the old guard. It's the Bernie wing.”
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“Bernie and I led to stop the war in Yemen.”
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“I came out with a plan to reduce $12 billion of deficits.”
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“I get booed when I vote against a trillion dollar defense budget.”
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“You're taking on the defense contractors when you're saying we don't want more wars in the Middle East.”
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“You're taking on the Pentagon when you're saying you don't want a trillion dollars of defense budget.”
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“I want Medicare for all.”
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“I want to release the Epstein files.”
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“There was no primary process in 2024, Bernie. In 2020.”
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“Buttigieg drops out suddenly, two days later, even though he's doing well, endorses Biden.”
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“Klobuchar suddenly drops out, endorses Biden.”
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“Beto drops out, endorses Biden.”
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“Bernie was talking about taking on big insurance companies, taking on the pharmacy benefit managers, taking on the defense contractors…”
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“I voted against giving the extra funding to Netanyahu.”
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“Israel had a right to defend themselves [after October 7th].”
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“More people in the Biden administration, others should have called out what was going on in Gaza.”
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“He and others should have been calling out this unconditional money going to Netanyahu.”
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“The Democratic Party is not entitled, Andrew, to your or Kash or anyone's vote.”
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“We didn't earn your vote last time we were in these overseas wars, we were taking big PAC money.”
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“We weren't talking about people's anger at the system with inflation.”
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“We didn't have a clear economic vision.”
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“The Democratic Party was too beholden to the interest groups, to the defense contractors, to the ideology of overseas wars.”
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“We should be having a thousand trade schools, we should have investments in new factories across this country.”
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“Voters in America are actually pretty smart.”
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