‘Two Very Different Skills’: Ro Khanna Dismisses Calls For Biden To Resign After Ending Campaign

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Cat Oriel on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the calls for President Biden to resign and his Supreme Court reform plan.

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00:00Switching gears now to the other side, you know, after the assassination attempt, we've

00:04been getting groundbreaking news from both parties, President Biden stepping down from

00:09his own campaign.

00:10I know you've been a supporter of President Biden and allowing him to make his own decisions

00:14on his own timeline.

00:15So what do you say to the people calling on President Biden to resign and making the argument

00:19that if he's not fit to run, he's no longer fit to serve?

00:22I just think they're two very different skills.

00:24To run for president requires traversing the country, going from one battleground state

00:28to another battleground state.

00:30It requires extraordinary physical stamina.

00:33I think to be president requires good judgment, and the president has shown that he's done

00:38the job.

00:39He stood up to Putin in Ukraine.

00:41He's helped pass landmark legislation.

00:46He's working to try to bring peace in the Middle East.

00:49So I have seen no signs that he's incapable of doing the job.

00:55There are a few priorities that he is wanting to push forward in his remaining months in

01:00office, including Supreme Court reform.

01:03So I'm wondering what you make of his new plan that he has just recently unveiled.

01:07It's common sense.

01:08Joe Kennedy and I introduced this bill in 2020 before the Dobbs decision saying Supreme

01:14Court justice should serve 18 years.

01:17You shouldn't be on this court for 40, 50 years.

01:19That was not what the founders wanted.

01:21You can be a judge for life, but not on the Supreme Court for life.

01:25And these justices should not be politicized.

01:29Every president should get two appointments, 18 years.

01:32It would take the politics out of the court and it would restore people's trust in the

01:36court.

01:37I'm glad the president is proposing this.

01:39It's overwhelmingly popular with Democrats, independents and Republicans.

01:43And I hope we can start to get it passed.

01:45Why 18 years?

01:47Well, it's convenient with nine Supreme Court justices.

01:52If you're getting a every president having two appointments, a term, the math works out.

01:59And then how about his proposal on presidential immunity?

02:02What do you make of that as well?

02:03Well, that also is common sense.

02:04Look, if I if someone gave me a million bucks and said, vote this way, I would get prosecuted

02:09if I took that money.

02:11Robert Menendez was prosecuted for bribery.

02:14The president should have the same conditions.

02:16You shouldn't be able to go to the president and say, OK, I'm going to give you a million

02:19bucks to veto this.

02:20And then people say, oh, the president's immune.

02:22Of course not.

02:23I mean, it's common sense.

02:24Everyone should be to have the accountability of the law.

02:29Is there anything else you would like to see President Biden do in his remaining months

02:32in office?

02:33I'd like him to continue to focus on the places that were deindustrialized, to continue to

02:39bring smart manufacturing, advanced manufacturing back, to continue to focus on the working

02:44class, to say very simply, if you work in America, you shouldn't be poor.

02:49You should have a living wage.

02:51You should be able to afford a house.

02:52You should be able to have a good paying job and pride and dignity.

02:56And those values which he's lived in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Delaware, I want him to continue

03:02to fight for them in around this country.

‘Two Very Different Skills’: Ro Khanna Dismisses Calls For Biden To Resign After Ending Campaign

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