Rep. Khanna Says He Is Considering Presidential Run: “We Need To Move Beyond This Colonial Model Of The World”
Speaking with Al Sharpton at the National Action Network, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) discussed a possible presidential run and what the future of geopolitics would look like:
REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): Well, first of all, and I’m not saying this to avoid, I’ll give you a direct question, but our first focus has to be to make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the House. Because you can rest assured Mike Johnson is not going to be swearing in any Democratic president in 2029. So we need the House of Representatives to stop Trump’s corruption and to make sure we have any shot at 2028. But look, I believe I offer two things for why I will consider it to America. One is I represent the economic future. And I have a clear roadmap of how we’re going to make sure every part of this country has an economic stake in the future. Whether that is workers having equity, whether it is the black south being part of the AI revolution, whether it is making sure that families actually have economic independence with healthcare and childcare. I have a comprehensive economic vision and I believe that people need an economic vision. And secondly, I fundamentally believe because of my grandfather that we need to move beyond the colonial model of the world. That we have this incredible moment because of people like you, Reverend Sharpton, my generation. We have this moment to finally see what Frederick Douglass prophesied in 1869 in Composite Nation. You know, Douglass, 20 years after being enslaved, he didn’t speak out first for just black Americans. He said Chinese Americans, Chinese have the right to come to America. Because in the free era of America, the best traditions will survive and the worst will be discarded. And America will become a composite nation, a nation of all nations, a nation of people of all backgrounds. I see that in the energy in our nation with young people. And I believe a multiracial America will finally be just not only here, but just around the world. And that calling of understanding the economy and wanting to see a multiracial democracy says, maybe I have something to offer and contribute with humility to our nation at this moment.
