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Ro Khanna explains how he helped engineer the vote that 'ripped MAGA apart' | National Politics

Khanna describes how he worked across party lines to build support for the House vote.

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The House voted 427-1 to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, after Ro Khanna worked across party lines to build support. The article examines Khanna’s strategy and how he sees the vote as evidence of his influence in the Democratic Party.

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Ro Khanna
D · CA-17

California representative who helped build support for releasing the Epstein files

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Don Bacon
R · NE-2

Nebraska representative who commented on Republican support for releasing the files

Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House who criticized the vote as a distraction

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who had promised to release the files and was described as promising to sign the bill

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Kentucky representative and Republican co-sponsor of the discharge petition

Colorado representative who signed the discharge petition

Bernie Sanders
I · VT · SEN

Vermont senator whose Medicare for All proposal Khanna supports

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former U.S. Representative (R-GA)

Georgia representative who supported the effort to release the files

Elijah E. Cummings
Former U.S. Representative (D-MD)

Former representative and House Oversight chair whom Khanna says he approached about releasing the files

House minority leader who voted for and touted the result

ALSO MENTIONED  Barack Obama, Former president mentioned in connection with Khanna; Joshua Jackson, Illinois representative who patted Khanna on the back on the House floor

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Congress Passes Epstein Records Release Bill and Trump Signs It

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