Ro Khanna
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Most people don't travel that far.
And they settle down, whether it's their rural community, factory town, place where they grew up.
And you look at this Epstein class and these people, and they're like, I'm in Davos.
I'm in Britain.
I'm like flying all over the world.
Where can we be?
It's Silicon Valley, New York.
Let's go to Epstein's rape island.
Like, it's just rootless.
They're not people going to church every week.
They're not going to a synagogue or a temple.
They're not going to the barbecues.
They're not in their PTAs.
And that's part of what the country has lost, right?
When our founders envisioned democracy, they envisioned it, the power with people in community.
And now if you're in one of those communities, so you're like the Little League coach who everyone loves, and you say, okay, I want to run for Congress.
What chance do you have if one of these kind of multi-millionaires or billionaires moves into your district and says, no, I want to run for Congress.
I'm going to put in $10 million on TV.
Who do you think is going to get elected?
The billionaire.