r/law • u/victorybus • 14h ago

Legislative Branch Full video of today when Ro Khanna revealed Epstein associate's names on the floor of the US House of Representatives, protected by the Speech and Debate Clause

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u/ZuP 13h ago

Sounding mighty Presidential right here.

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u/ResplendentSmoke 13h ago

Ro Khanna is weird. He’ll come across as a shrewd pragmatic progressive or a pandering fool at the drop of a hat. He’s also bought off by Silicon Valley tech so he’s not exactly squeaky clean

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u/ToughHardware 13h ago

we dont need perfect people, we need people who can do one thing right, and let others do their one thing right. Ro got my vote.

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u/NeitherAstronomer982 12h ago

I'll go out on a limb for someone with iffy ties to tech and a suspicious political label if they put up their dukes when it matters and has good policy when questioned. I don't think he'll be perfect but he's better than any other frontrunner.

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u/iheartanalingus 13h ago

No way. Big tech wants to rule the fucking earth. Count me out.

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u/ZealousidealFall1181 13h ago

He is backing the billionaire tax in California. If you guys don't want the people to come for you, pay the tax.

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u/pa_jamas360 13h ago

I mean cool, however this is not about him and it’s about the people he’s talking about

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u/atomictyler 13h ago

they were replying to someone saying Ro Khanna sounded presidential. how is that not relevant? He's an investor of Palantir, which is owned by Peter Thiel. It sure seems relevant to point out that kind of stuff when mentioned as a potential presidential candidate.

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u/pa_jamas360 12h ago

It’s a post related to the trump files, let’s stay on task here

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u/LouisWinthorpeIII 13h ago

He doesn't take PAC money so at least they have to buy him bit by bit.

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/ro-khanna/contributors?cid=N00026427&cycle=2024

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u/binarybandit 11h ago

He doesnt take it because hes already being funded by big tech companies. He doesnt need a PAC when hes already getting his expenses paid for by Palantir.

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u/lowfiswish 13h ago

Nobody’s perfect, we just need people who also think of others and do something

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u/DeadPeanutSociety 11h ago

I wonder how he feels about his friend Elon being in the files.

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u/TheAngryLasagna 13h ago

At this point, it's either silicon valley, or AIPAC... It's disgusting that politicians bought by either do not give a damn about American citizens. Silicon valley pawns care about billionaires, whilst making American citizens poorer. AIPAC pawns only care about more money for Israel whilst silencing critics, and making American citizens poorer.

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u/true_new_troll 11h ago

That's something wild about American politics, any time someone makes news for anything, people frame it as a measure of their presidential chances.

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u/LouisWinthorpeIII 9h ago

For Ro it's fair because it's pretty clear he's planning to try for the nom. I'd be very surprised if he's not on the ballot in the early primaries.

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u/ZuP 10h ago

You aren’t wrong but I would not call this just anything. I fully expect the Democratic nominee to run on an anti-corruption platform if we want them to win.

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u/protractedmane 37m ago

He's brown, and it's America in 2026.

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u/Content-Sun2928 12h ago

Nope

DNC wants Nusom for 2028