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Rep. Ro Khanna

U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Ro Khanna is the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district, representing Silicon Valley. He focuses on tech regulation, artificial intelligence governance, and domestic manufacturing, and authored Dignity in a Digital Age.

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1appearances
18statements
3resolved
2supported
0contradicted
67%fully supported

Everything Rep. Ro Khanna said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

Ro Khanna: Twitter and Facebook Erred in Suppressing Hunter Biden Story
“In fact, you know, in the book I write about how I thought it was a mistake for Twitter to take down some of this stuff about Hunter Biden or Facebook to do that. And I think that story was total hogwash. I think Joe Biden was unfairly attacked because of his …”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 12:53 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Rep. Ro Khanna: Facebook shouldn't have been allowed to buy Instagram and WhatsApp
“I don't, Think that Facebook should have been allowed to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 7:45 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: January 6th ultimately demonstrated American strength and democratic resilience
“I said that January sixth is actually about American strength and resilience, because at 3:40 a.m. On January seventh, you had a Republican vice president declare that the Democratic ticket had beaten his ticket and declared that Democratic ticket as president…”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 33:33 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Khanna: Facebook Knows Instagram Causes Teen Depression and Anxiety
“Facebook has information that Instagram is causing depression and anxiety about teenagers.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 12:22 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Khanna: Nine of the top ten sites on Facebook are conservative
“I mean, I looked the top nine out of the top 10 sites on Facebook are conservative sites with Donald Trump and Hannity and Ben Shapiro and others.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 13:56 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Khanna: Fleeing Silicon Valley over a wealth tax is a dumb bet
“And if someone is foolish enough to go take their money outside America and not invest in Silicon Valley because of a one or two percent tax, do it. America is going to still, it would be a dumb bet. Like, we still have the largest growth possibility. And so I…”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 17:16 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
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Rep. Khanna: Broad school choice will further deteriorate public schools
“If I thought that you could have that and have this choice fine, but the challenge is you're going to have a few people who take advantage of it, and then there would be even a further deterioration. Of the place where 90% of people go public school.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 24:45 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: Pre-Distribute Opportunity Instead of Just Redistributing Wealth Post-Production
“We have to have the pre-distribution of opportunity, not just redistribution post-production.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 5:50 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Ro Khanna: Antitrust Is Not the Single Biggest Issue in Tech
“So when I look at tech, I don't think that antitrust is the single biggest issue with tech in my view. I think there are two bigger issues with tech.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 10:23 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: Social media algorithms should be regulated to protect minors
“I do have a concern though, particularly with minors and that's where maybe we would agree where you have teenagers, where, Basically, it's like your worst experience in junior high magnified, and now with algorithms, and there should be regulation there, and …”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 14:16 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: Supports Crypto as Part of a Principle of Individual Decentralization
“As a principle, I'm for decentralization. I mean, it's one of the reasons I've been largely supportive of cryptocurrency, even though they're, you know, I'm not an evangelist, but anything that puts more gives more agency, more power, more information in the h…”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 23:10 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Rep. Khanna: I support charter schools within the public system
“I rather, I'm for choice within the public school system of charter schools, which by the way, is a position that is not shared by a lot of Democrats. I'm sort of where Cory Booker was, is on that on that issue of public choice within public schools.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 24:10 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: Nuclear energy must be part of the clean energy solution
“I think nuclear has to be part of the solution. I mean, I don't think it can be the old solution, but the intergovernmental panel of climate change says nuclear has to be part of the energy mix.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 30:19 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Khanna: The US will become the world's first multiracial democracy
“The reality is we're going to become The first multiracial, multiethnic democracy in the world.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 33:51 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Khanna: There Will Be 25 Million Digital Jobs by 2025
“They're going to be twenty-five million digital jobs by twenty-twenty-five.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 4:12 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Khanna: Hospitals Drive Up Costs With Unchecked Facility Fees
“Certain hospitals charge these exorbitant facility fees, and then no one is looking at that add exorbitant cost.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 9:46 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
Khanna: Medicare Telemedicine Reimbursements Should Be Made Permanent
“Telemedicine, I've been a huge supporter of, and I was for some of the using of The regulatory barriers that didn't allow Medicare doctors to get paid for telemedicine. I think those changes were good. They should be permanent. I think telemedicine is a potent…”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 20:44 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Partly supported
Khanna: Silicon Valley's market cap rose 40% to $11T in two years
“Silicon Valley's market value has gone up 40%. 40% in the last two years. 11 trillion dollars a market cap.”
Rep. Ro Khanna Jan 14, 2022 ▶ 29:36 Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale

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