Thanedar also flip-flopped from being pro-Palestine to being pro-Israel immediately after visiting Israel without having a desire to get a balanced view of the conflict on both sides.
I was brought up for a good part of my childhood in India and my gosh, his English is horrible. Even small business owners in India speak much better English than him. Did he even participate in the primary debates?
Ro is a progressive intellectual more than a politician and a born and bred Philadelphian, so he isn't the apt comparison with Thanedar. He practiced law in the Bay Area and ran in an Indian American plurality district unlike Thanedar who carpetbagged.
Khanna is a team player and doesn't do anything to irritate or piss off the Democratic Party. From what I have read about him and have learned in discussion here, I am more convinced he has firmly held convictions than Shri Thanedar. Khanna represents a considerable portion of Silicon Valley but still upholds liberal views and a voting record.
Shri Thanedar though has a business background but seems to have no way of being relevant besides triangulating a lot. That's my issue with him.
Yes. He got dark money donors (including Tea Party influencer money) and support from Silicon Valley big pockets: Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer being one of them. He was exposed by Glen the Plumber on Daily Kos for having too much association with libertarian and right wing groups and people.
FYI, I do not like Ro Khanna and would be happy if a real liberal Democrat would primary him out of office (particularly one who wants to go after Silicon Valley, which Khanna won’t do). Mike Honda was excellent in the House and didn’t need to be challenged the way he was. Ro Khanna said to Glen the Plumber that he supported Howard Dean in the 2003 Democratic Presidential Primaries but that means nothing to me.
That said, since he has been in the House, he’s had a better record than Shri Thanedar. He also hasn’t done things like Thanedar has to piss off House Democrats. By comparison the two are different but that does not mean I support Khanna.
We need to first figure out how to tell every Detroit Democrat that believes its their god given right to be in Congress a lot of them should step aside so there isn't a clown car where Thanedar can slip through with 20ish percent of the vote.
The whole thing is obviously entirely about winning his primary election. All he's going to succeed in doing, other than embarrassing himself, is undermining a serious impeachment effort later.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/house-democrats-impeachment-thanedar-trump
Thanedar misled House Dems on the introduction of the impeachment articles.
Primary this phony out of office, never trusted him. No seriousness or credibility.
That safe D district in Michigan needs a credible fighter!! 💙🇺🇲
100%!
Thanedar also flip-flopped from being pro-Palestine to being pro-Israel immediately after visiting Israel without having a desire to get a balanced view of the conflict on both sides.
He does not lead with true convictions.
I was brought up for a good part of my childhood in India and my gosh, his English is horrible. Even small business owners in India speak much better English than him. Did he even participate in the primary debates?
I don't know. However, even Ro Khanna is better than Thanedar and shows more intelligence and intellectual curiosity than he does.
Ro is a progressive intellectual more than a politician and a born and bred Philadelphian, so he isn't the apt comparison with Thanedar. He practiced law in the Bay Area and ran in an Indian American plurality district unlike Thanedar who carpetbagged.
Point being, Khanna has more firmly held convictions than Thanedar. That is not saying a lot considering I am not a fan of Khanna.
EDIT made to add clarity.
How do you know that? He started out in a primary from the right, then changed his spots right away.
Khanna or Thanedar?
Khanna is a team player and doesn't do anything to irritate or piss off the Democratic Party. From what I have read about him and have learned in discussion here, I am more convinced he has firmly held convictions than Shri Thanedar. Khanna represents a considerable portion of Silicon Valley but still upholds liberal views and a voting record.
Shri Thanedar though has a business background but seems to have no way of being relevant besides triangulating a lot. That's my issue with him.
Khanna. Do you remember how he was before he got into the House?
Yes. He got dark money donors (including Tea Party influencer money) and support from Silicon Valley big pockets: Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer being one of them. He was exposed by Glen the Plumber on Daily Kos for having too much association with libertarian and right wing groups and people.
FYI, I do not like Ro Khanna and would be happy if a real liberal Democrat would primary him out of office (particularly one who wants to go after Silicon Valley, which Khanna won’t do). Mike Honda was excellent in the House and didn’t need to be challenged the way he was. Ro Khanna said to Glen the Plumber that he supported Howard Dean in the 2003 Democratic Presidential Primaries but that means nothing to me.
That said, since he has been in the House, he’s had a better record than Shri Thanedar. He also hasn’t done things like Thanedar has to piss off House Democrats. By comparison the two are different but that does not mean I support Khanna.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/21/1562315/-Ro-Khanna-reveals-an-ideology-seemingly-known-by-his-funders-but-maybe-not-the-voters-CA17
We need to first figure out how to tell every Detroit Democrat that believes its their god given right to be in Congress a lot of them should step aside so there isn't a clown car where Thanedar can slip through with 20ish percent of the vote.
The whole thing is obviously entirely about winning his primary election. All he's going to succeed in doing, other than embarrassing himself, is undermining a serious impeachment effort later.