Ro Khanna
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They don't go wear the uniform.
They don't go like Theodore Roosevelt to go fight in the wars or Abraham Lincoln did.
They go and work for the defense companies that they were supposed to regulate as lobbyists.
So stop members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.
You do those three things, and you would clean up so much of our country.
You know, I respect people who sort of disagreed with me, let's say, on the wealth tax.
But what I don't respect is people saying, OK, now I'm going to pour in millions of dollars to take this guy out because I disagree with him.
How do we have that kind of system of government where people can use their wealth for power, where people can stay in Congress for years
just to accumulate power and no turbulence.
We've got to return to basic democracy.
And people who wear the uniform, you know why your guys, your friends see it most is because they sacrifice.
And it's a totally different culture in the military.
It's all about the mission.
That's the difference.
It's mission.
Mission first, ego second.
Politics is ego first,
You know, mission second.
Country second.
And you know what?