Ro Khanna
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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?
I'm tired of the charismatic politicians.
How about courage is the new charisma?
Like, I don't need the guy who's going to be the entertainer or the charmer or the... Like, do we think in the military the best person is the guy who's the funniest or the most charming or the person who's kind of got the most magnetism?
No.
It's the person who, despite being shot five times, still...
lands the mission, the person who cares more about the guys in his battalion than his own life.
How about we start to get people of courage and substance in politics?
It is not their ideas.
It's not their intellect.
It's not their degrees.