Throughout remarks in Vice President JD Vance’s dwelling state, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., contrasted his imaginative and prescient for America’s “new financial patriotism” with the way forward for the Republican Celebration with Vance on the helm.
Thought of a 2028 presidential contender in an already crowded subject, Khanna’s remarks on the Metropolis Membership of Cleveland appeared to border an early rivalry between the rising political leaders from reverse ends of the ideological spectrum.
Whereas Democratic leaders, who’re doubtless mulling their very own presidential runs, have seized alternatives to distinction President Donald Trump’s agenda, Khanna took goal at Trump’s doubtless successor throughout remarks on Monday.
“Vance and Musk need to fully get authorities out of the best way to usher in a brand new Gilded Age, in order that company elites, significantly tech titans, can take the wheel,” Khanna mentioned. “I say it is time to flip the tables. It is time to put Silicon Valley within the service of America, not America within the service of Silicon Valley. That is why right now I am calling for a brand new financial patriotism. What we want on this nation is a brand new financial patriotism, not a second Gilded Age.”
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Rep. Ro Khanna contrasted his imaginative and prescient for America’s “new financial patriotism” with the way forward for the Republican Celebration with Vice President JD Vance on the helm. (Getty/AP)
Khanna, who was born in Philadelphia, touted his ties to Ohio throughout remarks in Cleveland, the place his spouse was born and raised. Khanna mentioned Trump and Vance campaigned on restoring financial prosperity to industrial American cities however have offered “no hopeful imaginative and prescient, no actual options” for manufacturing cities within the Rust Belt like Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Warren, Ohio. Now representing California’s Silicon Valley, Khanna known as for “fusing Silicon Valley’s ingenuity with Ohio’s industrial may.”
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Ohio GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou responded to Khanna’s remarks in an announcement to Fox Information Digital: “Ro Khanna is a far-left socialist from one of many wealthiest and wokest congressional districts in America. He served as an official surrogate for each Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This speech is nothing however one other determined plea for consideration from one other elitist politician wholly out-of-touch with Center Class voters like these in Ohio.”
“His remarks remind People that California extremist liberals like Ro Khanna are accountable for enabling open borders, mass unlawful immigration, and the out-of-control authorities spending of the Biden regime. He ought to’ve stayed in California.”
Whereas Khanna did assault Trump’s tariffs and “propaganda,” Khanna was cautious to focus on the joint “Trump and Vance” agenda, critique Vance individually and more and more join Vance to Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE). Khanna tied Vance to anti-democracy ideology, his “previous” concepts for america and his tax breaks for Silicon Valley, which Khanna mentioned they do not want.
Rep. Ro Khanna speaks with voters after participating in a debate with former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, on Nov. 1, 2023, in Manchester. (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser )
With the U.S. Home of Representatives on recess this week, Khanna is crisscrossing the nation and visiting communities tied to his potential political opponent. Khanna visited the manufacturing city of Warren, Ohio, on Sunday, which is throughout the state from the place Vance was born and raised in Middletown.
Khanna will proceed his Democratic rebuttal of the way forward for the Republican Celebration at Yale Regulation Faculty on Tuesday, the place each Khanna and Vance are graduates.
“I am going truly to Yale tomorrow, the place JD and I each went to regulation faculty, to speak about freedom of speech as a result of he is been lecturing Europe about freedom of speech whereas sitting silently whereas college students are snatched off campus and deported with out due course of.”
Vice President JD Vance addresses the viewers through the Munich Safety Convention in Germany on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Picture/Matthias Schrader)
Through the Munich Safety Convention in February, Vance mentioned free speech “is in retreat” throughout Europe. On Monday, Khanna known as for People to face up and converse out in opposition to “deportations with out due course of” – referring to anti-Israel protesters and unlawful immigrants who’ve been focused by the Trump administration.
Khanna and Vance have already had their fair proportion of sparring on social media. Earlier this 12 months, Vance accused the California congressman of appearing like a “whiny” baby after Khanna mentioned a former DOGE worker ought to apologize for racially charged social media posts. Khanna advised Vance the now-resigned staffer ought to apologize “for the sake of each of our youngsters,” who’re each of Indian dissent.
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Vance’s workplace didn’t present a remark when requested by Fox Information Digital.
