Ro Khanna Takes Economic Message on the Road

CNBC: “Khanna, a progressive long seen as ambitious in Washington circles, has found himself joining the list of potential 2028 hopefuls in the eyes of oddsmakers after his successful push to release the Epstein files, which exploded into the biggest news story of 2025. He’s turned that win into a populist bazooka, railing against the ‘Epstein class’ as he calls for progressive, populist policies that could reshape the U.S. economy.”

“Khanna has a liberal track record and endorsed self-described democratic socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. But in the industrial U.S., he talked more middle-of-the-road economic issues and pitched well-worn Democratic ideas such as cutting defense spending and finding money to pay for social programs by targeting waste, fraud and abuse.”