Ro Khanna
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And that's the problem.
It's like the people, the money has so skewed it.
The people who are just like decent.
Like, okay, maybe you don't want the Little League coach being president of the United States.
It's like, okay, president of the United States, you've got to know a lot of stuff, and I want someone who really understands everything.
But there are 435 people in Congress.
I just want people who love the community, care about the kids, care about things, have good values.
I don't need like...
every person that have built a ton of wealth and values.
Like, and you look at Congress, how many people are like that or just from the community?
It's all people of like, including me, like you have to raise money.
You have to, it's not a, it's a game that is so rigged against ordinary people who just love their community and want to serve their community.
And that's a sad thing.
That's not how it was intended to be.
I've lost twice.
You know my story, I grew up son of immigrants.
I was born in Philadelphia in our bicentenary.
I went to public school, graduated with like over $100,000 in debt, fascinated with Silicon Valley, went out there.
While you were serving in Iraq, I ran against a powerful incumbent member of Congress, Democrat, who had voted for the war in Iraq.
And I thought it was a terrible mistake.