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  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
June 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM

MONDAY, June 23 🗓️: Join me for the “Benefits Over Billionaires” Virtual Town Hall!

If Republicans won't hold town halls, I will. John,  If Republicans won’t listen to the people who elected them, I will. Thousands of people have attended our “Benefits Over Billionaires” town halls in flippable red districts. Now I’m hosting my first-ever virtual “Benefits Over Billionaires” town …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM

I'm not afraid to stand up for what's right

Real progress means rejecting special interests that put billionaires and corporations over the working class. John, I’ve never been afraid to stand up for what’s right, even when that means taking on some of the biggest special interests in Washington.  I took on Big Pharma by introducing bills to …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
June 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell the Senate to reject Trump’s disastrous budget bill

Helping the rich get richer while taking away healthcare for millions isn’t just careless—it’s downright cruel. John,  BREAKING NEWS: The Congressional Budget Office just revealed that cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding in Trump’s sweeping budget bill could leave 10.9 million more Amer…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
June 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM

People are angry. So am I.

Democrats need to show that they are ready to fight for hardworking Americans, that we have a plan to build an economy that works for all of us. John, Our country is at a crossroads.  Republicans are slashing billions of dollars for basic social protections like Medicaid and SNAP to provide tax brea…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Why I’m endorsing Troy Jackson for Governor of Maine

He’s the real deal – and he needs our help. John, When I think about the kind of leaders we need right now – the ones who don’t just talk about working-class struggles but live them – I think of Troy Jackson. And I want you to be the first to know: Today, I’m proud to endorse Troy for Governor of Ma…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM

TAKE ACTION: Congress must protect public broadcasting

This is a threat to freedom of the press. John, Morning Edition, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, All Things Considered – our public media is under attack.  Trump has signed an executive order to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS, calling their news coverage “radical, woke propaganda.” SIGN THE PETITION…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Tell the Senate: Reject Trump’s disastrous budget bill

Healthcare and food assistance for millions shouldn’t take a backseat to corporate handouts. John, Trump’s 2025 budget is nothing short of an attack on working families, slashing $700 billion in funding for Medicaid, $500 billion for Medicare, and $267 billion for SNAP.  These cuts aren’t about rein…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Tell the Senate: Reject Trump’s disastrous budget bill

Healthcare and food assistance for millions shouldn’t take a backseat to corporate handouts. John, Trump’s 2025 budget is nothing short of an attack on working families, slashing $700 billion in funding for Medicaid, $500 billion for Medicare, and $267 billion for SNAP.  These cuts aren’t about rein…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM

I’m being attacked for trying to abolish super PACs

If we want real change in Washington, we need to remove dark money from the equation. John, FIRST: Super PACs and dark money groups spent over $4.4 billion in last year’s federal elections.  THEN: Rep. Summer Lee and I introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, a bill that would effectively eliminate su…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Trump’s budget bill threatens to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions of children

I won’t sit silently while Republicans harm children. John, Early this morning, the House passed Trump’s budget bill by a single vote.    I introduced an amendment to protect healthcare coverage for children. Republicans rejected it.  Over 38 million children, or 42 percent of all American kids, rec…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM

High healthcare costs affect all of us

ADD YOUR NAME: Reduce the price of prescription drugs. John, Before taking the stage for my town hall in Allentown on Saturday, I spoke with three Trump supporters planning to protest the event.   After listening to them, I suggested there was at least one problem on which we saw eye to eye—American…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Democrats' answer to MAGA

I’ve been traveling to red districts all over the country – listening to voters and sharing my vision for a 21st-century economic patriotism. John, We’ve got to listen to voters and persuade them. Those are the two tenets of the rebirth of the modern Democratic Party.   That’s why I’ve been travelin…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Driving to Allentown

With flight delays, I would have missed the town hall in another red district tonight Hello,  I'm driving 5 hours from Boston to Allentown in a rental car. I was supposed to fly, but with flight delays, I would have missed the town hall in another red district tonight.  While Trump gets a Qatari lu…
  Joe Neguse · [email protected]
May 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM

I refuse to stand idly by

I’m committed to doing my part to defend our democracy. Hi John, Rep. Joe Neguse here. You may have seen the recent news highlighting my new role — as the Assistant Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives — leading House Democrats’ “multi-pronged opposition” to President Trump’s unconstitu…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM

JD Vance is attacking me for condemning ICE’s intimidation tactics

The Trump administration is blatantly attempting to jail and silence its political opponents. John,  When DHS threatened assault charges against three members of Congress for shielding Newark Mayor Ras Baraka from unlawful arrest outside ICE’s Delaney Hall detention center, I slammed the Trump admin…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM

BREAKING NEWS: I just introduced a bill to slash prescription drug costs.

Americans pay more for their medications than any other country. John, Bernie Sanders and I have been battling Big Pharma to slash prescription drug costs for years.   On Monday morning, President Trump took a significant step forward by signing an executive order to lower drug costs by 30 to 80 per…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM

TAKE ACTION: Protect Public Lands from Private Sale!

Public lands are meant to be enjoyed by all. We can’t let Republicans sell them off to benefit corporate interests. John, BREAKING NEWS: At 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Republicans slipped an amendment into the budget bill, greenlighting the sale of public lands in Nevada and Utah to the highest bidder. …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM

We won't let Republicans ignore us

Democrats must be loud and clear in rejecting the failed policies that put billionaires and corporations over the working class. John, FIRST: We held successful “Benefits Over Billionaires” town halls in red congressional districts in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska.  Thousands showed up to pro…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM

TAKE ACTION: Stop Wall Street Landlords from Killing the American Dream

Having a roof over your head is not a luxury; it’s a fundamental human right. John, Skyrocketing living costs are pricing families out of homes. Over half of renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent, and buying is now pricier than renting in most cities.  The American Dream is growing furth…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM

BREAKING: Trump wants to give DOGE your Social Security data

This is a massive, unlawful breach of privacy. John, BREAKING: Just hours ago, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to give DOGE access to Social Security systems.    This is a massive, unlawful breach of privacy. ADD YOUR NAME: Tell the Supreme Court to protect Social Security data.  So…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
May 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM

SUNDAY, May 18: Join me in Levittown for a “Benefits Over Billionaires” Town Hall

If Republicans won't hold town halls, I will. John,  If Republicans won’t listen to the people who elected them, I will. On Sunday, May 18, I’m headed to a town hall in Levittown, Pennsylvania, to speak out against Trump’s dangerous blanket tariffs and the Republicans’ $880 billion Medicaid cuts.  …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Trump's 100-day disaster

America is in turmoil. It’s time to chart our course. John, Yesterday marked Donald Trump’s 100th day back in power.   The administration has launched a nonstop assault on our democracy, our economy, and the rule of law. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by MAGA’s daily chaos. It’s easy to throw up ou…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: The criminal charges against Judge Dugan must be dropped

This is an unprecedented and terrifying abuse of power. John,  FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan last week for simply defending immigrants’ right to due process.  Now, J.D. Vance and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller are attacking me for calling out their blata…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM

SATURDAY, May 17: Join me in Allentown for a “Benefits Over Billionaires” Town Hall

If Republicans won't hold town halls, I will. John,  If Republicans won’t listen to the people who elected them, I will. On Saturday, May 17, I’m headed to a town hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to speak out against Trump’s dangerous blanket tariffs and the Republicans’ $880 billion Medicaid cuts.…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM

It's working

Rep. Valadao has changed his tune on Medicaid cuts thanks to us. John, FIRST: Republicans like David Valdao passed a spending bill slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid programs and public education.  THEN: Over 1,000 people from Rep. Valadao’s district attended my “Benefits Over Bi…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM

I’m about to take the stage in Nebraska

We’re demonstrating just how unpopular Republicans’ attacks on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are. John, I’m moments away from taking the stage in Nebraska for my next “Benefits Over Billionaires” town hall.  With thousands of people from red districts showing up, we’re demonstrating just …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Pete Hegseth is out of his depth

Secretary Hegseth has proven himself unfit for the duties of public service. John, Secretary Pete Hegseth has proven himself unfit for the duties of public service.   Each day, we’re witnessing negligence on a grand scale: abruptly firing top officials in a panic, fumbling classified military intel …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell the DNC to hold an emergency meeting

We’re on the verge of a constitutional crisis. John, Our nation is on the verge of a constitutional crisis.  The Trump administration has repeatedly defied rulings from federal courts, frozen funding allocated by Congress, and dismantled critical agencies. It has denied constitutional rights to free…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM

What happened in New Jersey last night

We need to hold Republicans' feet to the fire and stop the attack on working people. John, FIRST: I hosted “Benefits over Billionaires” town halls in three of California’s red congressional districts. People are angry. So am I. Thousands showed up to protest cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and Me…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM

TAKE ACTION: Return Abrego Garcia to the US

Trump and Vance have denied Abrego Garcia due process and defied court orders to facilitate his return. John,  On March 15, Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland was illegally detained by ICE agents, deported, and imprisoned without trial in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, despite having no cri…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Vance's team just called me a "far-left socialist" for exposing his disastrous agenda.

I won’t bend to a bully. John, First, I delivered a speech in Cleveland, scorching JD Vance’s 19th-century economic policies that resulted in the Great Depression.    Vance wants to gut Medicaid, veterans’ benefits, food assistance, and education to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. He’s rip…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Let's go

We need more leaders in this country like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed who will challenge a corrupt political system and build an economy that works for all. John, I’m thrilled that my friend Dr. Abdul El-Sayed has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate in Michigan.  We need more leaders in this country like…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM

TAKE ACTION: Abolish Super PACs

Rep. Summer Lee and I have introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, a bill that would effectively eliminate super PACs in federal elections. John, Rep. Summer Lee and I have introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, a bill that would effectively eliminate super PACs in federal elections.  Over $4.4 billi…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM

TAKE ACTION: Abolish Super PACs

Rep. Summer Lee and I have introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, a bill that would effectively eliminate super PACs in federal elections. John, Rep. Summer Lee and I have introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, a bill that would effectively eliminate super PACs in federal elections.  Over $4.4 billi…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM

I just got off the stage in Cleveland

We’re at a fork in the road. John, I just stepped off the stage at the City Club of Cleveland, where I laid out my vision for a New Economic Patriotism versus Trump and Vance’s New Gilded Age. Trump and Vance have 19th-century policies that resulted in the Great Depression; they need a 21st-century …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM

I just got off the stage at Bernie's rally

People are mad as hell. So am I. John, I just got off the stage at Bernie’s rally in Los Angeles. Here’s what I said: No to Trump’s reckless blanket tariffs.  No to Republicans gutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. No to mass firings. No to rampant corruption. No to a government of, for, …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM

BREAKING NEWS: I just introduced the Drain the Swamp Act

Americans want real change in Washington. John,  Trump campaigned on the promise of “draining the swamp.” Yet on his first day in office, he reversed President Biden's executive order that banned all Presidents and White House officials – current and former – from accepting gifts from lobbyists and …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Cory Booker is speaking for Americans right now

Sen. Booker is nearing 24 hours on the Senate floor. John, For nearly 24 hours, without a break, Senator Cory Booker has held the Senate floor to rail against the “grave and urgent danger” President Trump and his allies pose to the United States. “This is not right or left, it is right or wrong,” he…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Thank you

You’re helping us ensure Americans are being heard. John, Thank you! I’m humbled by the overwhelming support for our people-powered campaign as we continue to fight Trump’s radical agenda and Republicans’ attacks on Medicaid and Social Security. We surpassed our $50,000 goal to support more town hal…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Only $3,897 left to raise for our rural Nebraska town hall

Will you help us support more town halls in red districts? John, I asked my finance team how we’re doing – we’re still $3,897 short of our goal of $50,000 to support more town halls in red districts.   Can I count on you to rush a donation right now to get us over the finish line? This goal isn’t a…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM

Something is happening

As Republicans follow orders to dodge their constituents, Democrats must be loud and clear in rejecting the failed policies that put billionaires and corporations over the working class. John, Last week, I hosted three “Benefits over Billionaires” town halls in red districts. Over 1,000 people showe…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Pummeled

They're calling my town halls “political stunts.” I call it “doing your job,”John, FIRST: Republicans said they would stop holding town halls to listen to voters' concerns about Trump’s plan to gut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. THEN: I traveled to three red districts in California to list…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Shocked

We expected 100 people. Over 1,000 people showed up in each location.John, I traveled to three red districts in California to host town halls on Sunday, and I was shocked by what I saw and heard.  We expected 100 people. Over 1,000 people showed up in each location. Voters are angry, scared, and …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM

I just stepped off the stage at my town hall

I just got off the stage at my town hall in Bakersfield, a red-leaning district in California.John,  I just got off the stage at my packed town hall in Bakersfield, a red-leaning district in California. I’m traveling to two other Republican districts today to speak with folks hurting under Trump’s m…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM

If Republicans won't hold town halls, I will

I’m headed to three red districts in California this weekend with progressive partners for a series of “Benefits Over Billionaires” town halls.John,  If Republicans won’t hold town halls, I will. That’s why I’m headed to three red districts in California this weekend with progressive partners for a …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: Pass Anti-Corruption Reform Now

I’ve introduced a resolution with a bold, comprehensive anti-corruption plan to ensure elected officials put people and country first.John, We’re facing a crisis of confidence. Public trust in our government has been falling for decades, the Supreme Court remains out of touch with modern-day life, a…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Drain the Swamp

Become a Citizen Co-Sponsor: Pass the Drain the Swamp Act.John, Trump campaigned on the promise of “draining the swamp.” Yet on his first day in office, he reversed President Biden's executive order that banned White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists and engaging in lobbying within…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM

What the political consultants are saying

Big-money PACs are the problem, not the solution.John, Democratic consultants convened for a retreat last month on how we can take back power. Their conclusion?  Democrats should abandon small-dollar donors in favor of big-money PACs, corporations, special interests, and lobbyists.   Here’s the trut…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM

I’ve gotten under the Trump team’s skin

I’m fighting for our constitutional rights, the rule of law, and a better, brighter vision for our country.John, The Trump team seems to have taken offense to me doing one thing – pointing out the truth.   This administration continues to make decisions that are illegal and unconstitutional. From bl…
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM

If Republicans won’t hold town halls, I will

I’m holding three town halls in red districts in California.John, If Republicans won’t listen to the people who elected them, I will. Starting March 23rd, I’ll be holding town halls in three red districts in California to speak out against Trump’s mass firings and the Republicans’ $2 trillion Medica…