Dem Congressman Floats White House Bid After Middle East Trip

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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