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Ro Khanna

28 statements across 7 episodes · 9 bullish · 10 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 24, 2023 by Brad Gerstner · said 46 times in 24 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Ro Khanna's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (17), David Sacks (10), David Friedberg (9), Michael Tracey (4), Aaron Levie (2), Ezra Klein (1), Chamath Palihapitiya (1), Brad Gerstner (1)

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Everything said about Ro Khanna, oldest first

Jun 24, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Gerstner says All-In hosts held political dinners for Khanna, Manchin, and DeSantis
“The truth of the matter is this group has hosted dinners for Ro Khanna, for Senator Manchin, We've hosted dinners for DeSantis, right?”
Brad Gerstner Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:00:17 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Sep 12, 2023
Disclosure
Khanna faces staggering criticism from Democrats for appearing on All-In
“The amount of criticism that I have gotten for, like, going on Fox News, or even coming to the All In podcast. I mean, look, try inviting some of my Democratic colleagues. It is staggering.”
Ro Khanna Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 33:09 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
Sep 12, 2023
Disclosure
Khanna refuses to visit China without a bipartisan congressional delegation
“They, they've invited me to come over, and I've said, I'm on the Democratic side of the House, and I said, I've got to go on a bipartisan basis.”
Ro Khanna Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 5:54 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
Sep 12, 2023
Assertion Supported
Almost all Progressive Caucus members except Khanna retracted Ukraine diplomacy letter
“Virtually every member of the Progressive Caucus, except for you, retracted the letter.”
David Sacks Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 7:36 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
Apr 9, 2024 positive
Opinion
Ro Khanna: Congressional term limits and lobbyist bans are common sense
“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 lobbyists, and also ban members of Congress from becoming lobbyists. This was common sense things.”
Ro Khanna Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 10:43 All-In Summit 2023 Recap
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Khanna: 1.3 million people signed a petition against banning TikTok
“We had 1.3 million people sign a petition.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:24:21 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025
Disclosure
Ro Khanna states he is not running for California governor
“No, are you?”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:43:41 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Khanna plans to work with Trump and Waltz to keep TikTok operational
“I will work with him and Mike Waltz, I know very well. We were co-chairs of the India caucus together in Congress. I will work with him in a bipartisan way to figure out how do we have this app operational.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:26:15 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ro Khanna says Los Angeles needs a new mayor
“I certainly think there needs to be a new mayor.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:21:44 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:15:54 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Ro Khanna: Silicon Valley congressional district holds $12 trillion in economic value
“The country trusted me to represent a district with 12 trillion dollars of value of the most economically prosperous place, perhaps in the history of humanity.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:38:37 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
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.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:23:39 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Disclosure
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.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:17:46 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
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”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 3:44 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Khanna supports congressional stock trading ban and denies controlling wife's trust
“I am totally for a stock trading ban. I've led on that. I don't trade stocks. My wife's money was inherited in trust that I'm no say over, no control over, and it's in a trust.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 51:44 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Ro Khanna supported California ballot measure targeting repeat retail theft
“I supported that ballot initiative that was on the ballot last last election that said, you know, if you if you are committing multiple crimes of smashing into Walgreens, then you're going to be charged that you can't just say, OK, yeah, we can keep smashing i…”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 42:12 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Ro Khanna: Some H-1B visa holders are paid below market wages
“Some of the H-one B visa holders are being paid below market wages.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 1:45 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Opinion
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.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 11:38 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025
Insight
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.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 12:37 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Insight
Khanna: Politicians mimicking Donald Trump are unlikely to succeed in US politics
“American politics disdains a copycat. You're probably not going to be successful just mimicking him.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 36:14 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Opinion
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 Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 6:28 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ro Khanna: Legalizing undocumented farm workers would help lower food prices
“By the way, if you want to see food prices come down, that would be one way to do that in terms of giving those folks a path to legalization. If they're here, non-criminal, no criminal record and paid paid their taxes.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 7:34 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
What-if
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.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 9:48 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Ro Khanna: Reports show one-third of global AI talent is in China
“One third of the AI talent is in China, according to a lot of the reports.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 4:05 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Rep. Ro Khanna rules out running for Governor of California
“No because a lot of, You know, I think you've got to really have spent some time in, in, in Sacramento to deal with those issues.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 53:03 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ro Khanna: Restricting H-1B visas will force companies to offshore jobs
“By the way, a lot of these companies that if you just limit H-Bs, they all have overseas a lot of the big companies have overseas headquarters. So they're going to just offshore the jobs instead of bringing the jobs here.”
Ro Khanna Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 5:38 Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
Apr 17, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Friedberg notes Representative Ro Khanna has traded 600 million in stock
“Ro Khanna has traded six hundred million dollars of stock.”
David Friedberg Apr 17, 2026 ▶ 1:07:32 OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out
Jun 19, 2026 negative
Opinion
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.”
David Friedberg Jun 19, 2026 ▶ 3:37 World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace Deal
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