Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., advised a city corridor viewers final week that Democrats shouldn’t be on the lookout for the following Barack Obama to information them out of the political wilderness.
Khanna, a well-liked progressive determine who makes frequent media appearances, spoke to residents in Bridgewater, New Jersey, for one more cease on his nationwide tour, “Advantages over Billionaires,” which has taken goal at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Republicans throughout the nation.
Attendees requested Khanna in regards to the path of the get together, zeroing in on who needs to be the following chief.
“I believe anybody who desires to steer the Democratic Occasion in any capability must be assembly the second,” he mentioned, based on USA Right this moment. “And that is what I am actually targeted on.”
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“Wishing for one more Obama is like wishing for one more King or Douglass,” Khanna mentioned. “He was as soon as in a era.”
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a Pupil Mortgage Forgiveness rally on Pennsylvania Avenue and seventeenth Road close to the White Home on April 27, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)
“Is there going to be one other Obama? I do not know,” he added. “However do we want one other Obama? No.”
The gang chanted, “Sure.”
“Effectively, OK, positive,” a smiling Khanna responded, based on USA Right this moment.
The city corridor attendees voiced their considerations about the way forward for the Democratic Occasion and a perceived lack of management.
Former President Barack Obama talking on the Democratic Nationwide Conference Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite)
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“I am unsure who I might say is main,” Anthony Venditti, 66, advised USA TODAY earlier than the city corridor started. Paula Venditti, 67, mentioned, “We want a populist.”
Khanna not too long ago spoke in regards to the want for a “rebrand” with the Democratic Occasion.
“We’ve got to have an entire rebrand of the Democratic Occasion with a coherent platform and a future-oriented platform, and lots of leaders want to try this,” Khanna mentioned in an interview with Fox Information Digital. “New leaders, not the previous guard. And I hope to be a part of that.”
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California is interviewed by Fox Information Digital at Yale College, on April 15, 2025, in New Haven, Connecticut. (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser)
“We want extra from our management. And you realize, in the event you’re not keen to talk up about somebody being snatched away from their dwelling and deported with out due course of, you most likely should not be in elective workplace as a Democrat proper now,” he added. “We want Democrats talking out, not simply on the financial system. We want them talking out on civil liberties, on the rights of immigrants and on the rights of universities.”
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