Ro Khanna

I agree with Donald Trump was selling pharmaceutical drugs at a cheap price because that's the direction that Bernie Sanders would go.

Like, we can't we're not able to do that.

Why?

Because we've created such

anger and extremism and tribalism in our politics.

And the reality is right now you're rewarded for it.

If you grab the attention and you show that you've kind of got vengeance on the other side, your poll numbers go up and within your own base, you get more contributions.

I mean, we just need to speak plainly about some of the incentives.

And if the election was in November of 2025, the next presidential election, I think both sides would end up nominating the side that's going to take it to the other one, the own the libs from the Republicans and, you know, fight fire with fire with everything and own the MAGA folks from the Democrats.

I am hoping, I don't know if that's true, I'm hoping that people will see that this is a spiral downwards, that fighting fire with fire leaves ashes for everyone, that's what Emanuel Cleaver says, and that we've gotta find a different way of moving forward.

By the way, even people who agree with Trump on policies, there have been a lot of presidents in our country's history, FDR, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Obama.

Not all of them were divisive.

There's one guy who did that.

And my view is, first of all, American politics disdains a copycat.

You're probably not going to be successful just mimicking him.

And secondly, why wouldn't you return?

Why wouldn't you want this country to return to the aspirational, inspirational politics, whether your choice is Kennedy or Trump?

You guys are.

Well, in censorship, I have a particularly strong record.

When people say, what makes you a different kind of Democrat?