Future Democratic Hopeful Ro Khanna Takes On the Heartland From Silicon Valley
Khanna has a $2 trillion pitch to revitalize US manufacturing, with a catchphrase made for a campaign — but he has to get Congress on board.
After four landslide victories, Ro Khanna is the tech and Indian-American communities’ informal ambassador to Trump Country.
Source: Bloomberg
Ro Khanna was first elected as a whiz kid evangelist for Silicon Valley, the heart of his congressional district and home to Apple, Cisco and Intel’s headquarters. Today, though, the Californian's stumping for a different crowd.
The average voter in Ohio might have no idea who he is — he’s working on that — but Khanna’s angling to be the Democratic Party’s forward-facing industrialist, revitalizing manufacturing across forgotten swaths of the heartland all with an eye towards higher office.