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Ro Khanna: “We lost because we weren't willing to say that the working…”

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

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We didn't run on 'bread-and-butter issues' in 2024: Ro Khanna

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

And do you think that your party has changed at all since since then? We lost because we were supporting foreign wars. We lost because we weren't willing to call out the corruption in the government. We lost because we weren't willing to say that the working class was shafted. Now, here's the irony. President Trump ran on all of this, but he's gotten us into a war in Iran. He's given a blank check to Netanyahu. (07:43–07:48)

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Asserts that Democrats lost the 2024 election due to not addressing working-class issues.

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