Ro Khanna
U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives. On 1 show, 4 appearances, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Representing Silicon Valley in Congress since 2017, Khanna co-authored the Endless Frontier Act, which laid the foundation for the CHIPS and Science Act. A prominent voice on tech policy, he is also the author of Dignity in a Digital Age and Entrepreneurial Nation.
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50said about them ↓ Everything 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: Outsourcing firms like Cognizant game the H-1B visa system
“Some of the outsourcing consulting companies, I don't want to go through all the names, but you know what they are, TaiDai Consulting or Cognizant or others, they've gamed the system and they get a bulk of those H-one B's”
Khanna says Biden administration allowed too many people without proper border security
“We need a secure border. The border let, we let in too many people under the Biden administration without having the proper security. I think the Democrats need to acknowledge that, own up to that, and say that we need to make sure that there are there is a se…”
Ro Khanna says Kamala Harris should have admitted border policy mistakes
“I think that should have been Vice President Harris's answer of what she would have done differently. And she could have even said, I learned we made a mistake. We didn't have the right approach on, on border security.”
Khanna: Democrats must stop listening to foreign policy blob and pundits
“One of the things the Democrats need to do is stop listening to the foreign policy blob and the beltway exec, you know, pundits who've got fancy titles and fancy think tanks.”
Khanna: Working-class Americans care more about local jobs than defending Taiwan
“You think people who are growing up or in these areas are saying, you know, what I really, really care about is the defense of Taiwan? No, they care about their jobs. They care about access to the American dream.”
Ro Khanna says being anti-Trump is not enough for Democrats
“I don't think just being anti-Trump is the way back for the Democratic Party.”
Khanna: The attention economy systematically rewards political outrage over sober governance
“And then you're rewarded if you do the most outlandish things, because we're in an attention economy, and if you pick a fight, people pay attention. And so if you're kind of sober, you're going to lose support from your own party, your own base.”
Khanna says expiring healthcare tax credits will triple premiums to $21,000
“If the tax credits expire on the exchange, people who were paying about 7000 dollars on the exchange would go up to about 21,000 dollars.”
Khanna: 90% of healthcare tax credits do not go to undocumented immigrants
“So, 90% is not anything to do with those who are undocumented.”
Khanna: Gelsinger cited capex and procurement, not permitting, for Intel struggles
“We asked Pat Gelsinger, who was asked to leave in Intel. And I said, is it, was it the permitting reform? And he said, no, it's that the capital expenditures to make Wall Street's numbers were, was very high and there was no, no procurement.”
Khanna: Democratic Party has largely been opposed to nuclear energy
“I'm for nuclear energy. I'm for smart modular nuclear energy. I'm for looking at how we build nuclear energy. Here in the United States in a safe way, but in one that I agree that our part, my party has been opposed to largely.”
Khanna floated Disney CEO Bob Iger for LA Mayor
“Or I floated you know, that Bob Iger would be a good person to run next time for mayor of LA.”
Khanna: A pro-choice Republican can be competitive in California governor race
“Can a Republican who is a pro-choice and take some of the social issues off the table be competitive? Yeah, I think the Democratic Party would be naive to take that for granted.”
Khanna: Lockheed Martin has $1.7T in F-35 cost overruns
“Lockheed Martin has gotten 1.7 trillion dollars of cost overruns on the F-thirty fives.”
Ro Khanna: US should maintain strategic ambiguity and One China policy
“I am clearly of the belief that we should continue with the strategic ambiguity in one China policy.”
Ro Khanna: US military has naval superiority to deter China in Pacific
“We are prepared. I mean, we have the enabled superiority in the Pacific. We have our seventh fleet deployed. We have nuclear-powered submarines in the area. We will make sure that China is deterred.”
US business leaders have more access to China than government officials
“Our business leaders have more access into China than our military, political or government leaders.”
Khanna proposes congressional term limits, lobbying bans, and stock trading bans
“The second one was this political reform proposal where I said, you know, let's have term limits for members of Congress and senators. Let's not have any corporate PAC money or any PAC money, any lobbyist. Let's have term limits for Supreme Court justices. Let…”
U.S. Congressional turnover is lower than some European monarchies
“The turnover rate of U.S. Members of Congress was less, as according to The Economist, than certain Aristocratic and monarchies in, in Europe.”
Khanna: Only 30 to 40 U.S. House seats are actually contested
“There are only about 30, 40 actual congressional seats that are contested.”
Khanna: Major U.S. leadership turnover will happen in the cycle after 2024
“We're not going to see the dam break in 24, but I do think we'll see the dam break in the next cycle”
Khanna criticizes Ramaswamy for calling January 6th rioters peaceful protesters
“I mean, I disagreed with him when he was, in my view, demagoguing the Silicon Valley bank issue. I don't think he has, you know, to describe the, ah, January sixth insurrectionists or people who broke into the capital as nonviolent, peaceful protest, which is …”
Ro Khanna: Democrats cannot win Rust Belt states without addressing industrial loss
“Until other people in the Democratic Party can speak to folks in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, about the loss that they have felt in, ah, industry and can connect and have a real vision there, they're not going to be able to win those states.”
The other half of the tape: Ro Khanna's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 46 times in 24 episodes across the shows. 4 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →
Who brings them up most Jason Calacanis 17David Sacks 10David Friedberg 9Michael Tracey 4Aaron Levie 2Ezra Klein 1Chamath Palihapitiya 1Brad Gerstner 1
Statements about Ro Khanna, by other people (4)
Friedberg: Warren, Sanders, and Khanna are the true oligarchs
“They are the true oligarchs, and this is Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, This is the group that is trying to coalesce power and create for themselves a system whereby they have greater influence, greater control over aspects of the economy.”
Friedberg notes Representative Ro Khanna has traded 600 million in stock
“Ro Khanna has traded six hundred million dollars of stock.”
Almost all Progressive Caucus members except Khanna retracted Ukraine diplomacy letter
“Virtually every member of the Progressive Caucus, except for you, retracted the letter.”
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- AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom’s CA Budget Lie
- Epstein Deep Dive: Prince Andrew Arrested, Global Network, Mythology, Reid Hoffman Files
- Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
- Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
- OpenAI vs Anthropic IPOs, Anthropic $3T, Zuck's Price War, China Ends Open Source?, Trump Accounts
- Socialists Sweep NYC, China Catches Up in Coding, AI Memory Crunch, Micron's Blowout Quarter
- World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace Deal
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- Bernie Sanders Says Stop All AI, China's Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?
- Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
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- OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line?
- Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
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- Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
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2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
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- Elon Musk: Ukraine, X, the creator economy, China, AI, & more | All-In Summit 2023
- E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
- E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset
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| ALL-INLEDGER | U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representatives | 4 +1 | 60 | 41% 9/22 | full record on All-In → |