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Ro Khanna Tests a New Democratic Populism
Representative Ro Khanna on April 8, 2026.
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
Ask Representative Ro Khanna of California why he has been so determined to stand up for the survivors of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and he’ll tell you that it’s personal — and emotional.
“People [were] in my office in tears,” he recently explained to Bloomberg News, “reliving their trauma.”