Ro Khanna Urges Democrats to Ditch Status Quo After 2024 Losses

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 24

Ro Khanna said Democrats must stop running “status quo establishment candidates” and sharpen an economic message for working-class and middle-class voters after the party’s 2024 defeats.
The California Democrat, responding to a newly released DNC autopsy, said the party failed to connect because it did not forcefully challenge what he called a rigged, unequal economic system.
Khanna rejected the report’s implication that Democrats should move away from reasoned debate, arguing instead that they need to pair it with a clearer case on wages, inequality and economic fairness.
Kamala Harris might have helped more had she spent more time in states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio selling Biden-era laws, he said, while adding the party now must rebuild support before 2026 and 2028.
Ken Martin should not resign over the autopsy backlash, Khanna said, though he faulted the DNC chair’s handling of the review and urged closer work with state parties after the delayed report exposed internal strains.

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