Hilarious: Ro Khanna's Stunt Not Enough for Pro-Hamas Crowd

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Ro Khanna can't catch a break. 

The man calls himself a "long shot candidate for president," and he has that description about right. While always left-leaning, his rapid rise in Democratic politics was fueled by representing the tech bros of Silicon Valley in Congress. It's been a very good deal for him; he has managed to dramatically increase his wealth by becoming the most prolific stock trader in Congress, cement relationships with money people who could fund his run for the presidency, and present himself to the Democratic Party oligarchs as a guy they could do business with. 

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And then it all fell apart. He thought he was walking the ideological tightrope, building a resume that would appeal to the progressives while comforting the real powers in the party. 

But Silicon Valley drifted rightward, and the Democratic Party went around the bend, embracing communism and terrorists. What to do?

Well, first Khanna burnished his radical cred by endorsing the California "Billionaire" tax, and even upping the ante by dropping the asset limit by 95% to capture even more revenue and seize more wealth. 

Boom, there goes his pro-business cred. What tech bro would endorse a proposal that would strip them of control over their wealth and perhaps their companies? Even budding tech people hope to strike it big, Ro just stabbed them in the back. 

Then he went all in on Graham Platner, even funding rallies for him AFTER he was accused of abusing his former girlfriend. It wasn't until the actual rape accusation came out that he distanced himself from that turd. 

So now he has become Israel's #1 enemy among the potential presidential candidates, doing his own Pallywood production in the West Bank and attacking Israel for "detaining" a US Congressman. 

Now that's the ticket, right? All Democrats can agree that the Joos are the root of all evil. 

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Only...the most vocal activists in the Democratic Party and the "progressive" movement don't just want Israel destroyed. They want blood, and are willing to defend Hamas as legitimate resistance. 

Khanna went on the podcast of the highly disreputable Drop Site News, which makes Glenn Greenwald almost look Israel-friendly, and all he got for his troubles was a talking-to. Actually, a yelling at. 

One can't just oppose the Netanyahu government or Israel itself; one must support the murder of Israelis and call it legitimate resistance. 

As Hasan Piker said when he defended Platner, what more could you ask? Platner praised Hamas, so he MUST be a great guy. 

There is a competition among Democrats to see who is the most radical, and Khanna has been gunning for pole position. He's trying everything, including playing the race card, which is a bit tough for a man of Indian descent, even though he is technically brown. 

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It's hilarious in a way. About half the Jews in Israel are Sephardic and therefore "brown." Khanna experienced no racism there; he was behaving as an ass and pulled out both the "Congressional privilege" card to criticize Israel and the "racial victimhood" card at the same time. 

Then he undermines the "America is systemically racist" narrative by admitting that race was never an issue for him in America, pretty much nullifying the CRT arguments that his party relies on. 

And what thanks does he get for abasing himself to help out the pro-Hamas crowd? 

He gets yelled at. He just can't catch a break. 

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