Dem Congressman Floats White House Bid After Middle East Trip

[mystery-ak]

Dem Congressman Floats White House Bid After Middle East Trip

Published 16 hours ago

on July 11, 2026

By Cullen McCue

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he is strongly considering a run for president in 2028 after a recent trip to the West Bank. The California Democrat, a progressive lawmaker representing Silicon Valley and a frequent critic of Israeli policies, made the comments while discussing an incident in which he and members of his congressional delegation were detained by armed Israeli settlers.

Khanna described the detention during a visit earlier this week to the southern West Bank near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Zanuta. According to his account and reports from multiple outlets, settlers blocked the road with vehicles and surrounded the group’s van for more than an hour on July 8.

The settlers were armed with American-made M4 rifles. Khanna told Reuters that the group had been viewing the ruins of the village, including a destroyed school, which residents had abandoned following prior settler attacks and subsequent demolition.

“We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it. And these hoodlums come in with machine guns – M4, an American-made machine gun – and they detain us,” he told the outlet. “They block off the road. And then they call the IDF and the IDF is on their side, not on the side of the Americans.”

He added that he is “certainly probably the first American politician who’s been detained by the IDF and Israeli settlers.”

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[Wingnut]

He should pic Liz Warren as a running mate.   Indian's working for you! 

[Cyber Liberty]

Let him come in, the water's fine.  The more DSA candidates, the better!

[BobfromWB]

One of the ugliest men alive - mate for Helen Thomas. Not a chance in hell of winning the primary front runner spot, let alone the Presidency.

[mountaineer]

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Ro Khanna backed a Nazi tattooed rapist after he was credibly accused of domestic abuse.
To distract from that, he ran to Israel to enter a government restricted area and stage a PR stunt.
If you’re falling for this, you’re an idiot. And apparently, lots of idiots exist.
7:50 AM · Jul 12, 2026

Karol Markowicz
@karol
This is why this dude is having tantrums in Israel trying to move this out of the news.
2:44 PM · Jul 11, 2026

New York Post
@nypost
Ro Khanna bankrolled pro-Platner rally after women's 'unsettling' allegations exploded into public view
 https://trib.al/o8qdlGz
11:46 AM · Jul 11, 2026

[Wingnut]

One of the ugliest men alive - mate for Helen Thomas. Not a chance in hell of winning the primary front runner spot, let alone the Presidency.

His dothead brother, the one who wears a dead muskrat on his head is a close second in the fugly race.

[mountaineer]

Hen Mazzig
@HenMazzig
According to a source for the New York Post, Ro Khanna was invited to meet freed hostages and survivors of October 7th.

Khanna's team didn't even bother to respond.

His team was also offered an opportunity to meet with Druze civilians in the Golan Heights and a briefing on how aid is currently getting into Gaza. They didn't take it.

Now, if Ro Khanna genuinely believes that aid is not properly getting into Gaza, why not go to the briefing? If he thinks Israel is lying, wouldn't that be the perfect time to get proof?

But he didn't go, because those aren't his intentions. He didn't want to meet with victims of Hamas or those trying to get as much aid into Gaza as they can because they contradict his narrative.

And the narrative is all that matters.
6:00 PM · Jul 11, 2026

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hen Mazzig
@HenMazzig
According to a source for the New York Post, Ro Khanna was invited to meet freed hostages and survivors of October 7th.

Khanna's team didn't even bother to respond.

His team was also offered an opportunity to meet with Druze civilians in the Golan Heights and a briefing on how aid is currently getting into Gaza. They didn't take it.

Now, if Ro Khanna genuinely believes that aid is not properly getting into Gaza, why not go to the briefing? If he thinks Israel is lying, wouldn't that be the perfect time to get proof?

But he didn't go, because those aren't his intentions. He didn't want to meet with victims of Hamas or those trying to get as much aid into Gaza as they can because they contradict his narrative.

And the narrative is all that matters.
6:00 PM · Jul 11, 2026

It's pretty clear Khanna had an agenda that is pro West Bank Palestinian.  Does this political opinion justify the threatening harassment of a sitting member of the Congress of the United States?

FTA:

The settlers were armed with American-made M4 rifles. Khanna told Reuters that the group had been viewing the ruins of the village, including a destroyed school, which residents had abandoned following prior settler attacks and subsequent demolition.

“We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it. And these hoodlums come in with machine guns – M4, an American-made machine gun – and they detain us,”

[mountaineer]

AG
@AGHamilton29
I am very critical of settler violence and think Israel needs to do far more to punish it. But that’s not what this is about.

So what appears to have happened here was an intentional political stunt by someone who has built his entire career on stunts.

@RoKhanna had his Palestinian guides take him into a restricted area that is closed off to civilians without requesting access or coordinating with anyone.

Local security (which Khanna intentionally misrepresents as random settlers) then stopped them. IDF arrived and spent time evaluating the situation. Then Israeli police showed up, determined what had happened, and let them go on their way.

No one was hurt or attacked. No one was threatened. Khanna knew going to a restricted area would get a response and he got exactly what he wanted.

I will note that if a random group goes onto a military restricted area in the U.S., they would also be detained and questioned.

Israel is to blame for letting Khanna plan out this stunt, but that’s exactly what it was. And it was predictably coordinated with the press as he had a NYT photographer with him and waited until they released a story days later to even post about it.

Khanna wants to run for president on this nonsense because he has nothing to offer Americans.
5:21 PM · Jul 11, 2026

[Cyber Liberty]

AG
@AGHamilton29
I am very critical of settler violence and think Israel needs to do far more to punish it. But that’s not what this is about.

So what appears to have happened here was an intentional political stunt by someone who has built his entire career on stunts.

@RoKhanna had his Palestinian guides take him into a restricted area that is closed off to civilians without requesting access or coordinating with anyone.

Local security (which Khanna intentionally misrepresents as random settlers) then stopped them. IDF arrived and spent time evaluating the situation. Then Israeli police showed up, determined what had happened, and let them go on their way.

No one was hurt or attacked. No one was threatened. Khanna knew going to a restricted area would get a response and he got exactly what he wanted.

I will note that if a random group goes onto a military restricted area in the U.S., they would also be detained and questioned.

Israel is to blame for letting Khanna plan out this stunt, but that’s exactly what it was. And it was predictably coordinated with the press as he had a NYT photographer with him and waited until they released a story days later to even post about it.

Khanna wants to run for president on this nonsense because he has nothing to offer Americans.
5:21 PM · Jul 11, 2026

An excellent and well-timed rebuttal to other Posters spreading Hamas/Democrat lies!

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/2076135379443347616