If President Joe Biden does not mount a reelection bid, top aides from the former presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders are pressing Ro Khanna to launch a presidential bid.
In promoting the progressive California Democrat, the figures from the Sanders camp are trying to influence the future of the party as its liberal wing has become more ascendant in Congress and in local positions across the country.
Jeff Weaver and Mark Longabaugh, who worked for the senator in his second campaign in 2020, have both asked Khanna to run.
Donald Trump, who lost to Biden in the 2020 election, has been angling to launch a third White House campaign, but has not officially declared his candidacy.
Democrats have been tight-lipped about a potential open seat, especially given Biden's indication that he will run with Harris again. The rocky start to the vice presidency of Harris, who hails from California, made some party members take a wait-and-see approach.
Biden's numbers have been stagnant since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan last year, but recent polling shows a boost in support for the president due to his handling of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The former staffers of the Vermont senator are still committed to cultivating a leader who could take over the reins of what he started.
Longabaugh said that he was only promoting a 2024 candidacy if Biden decided not to run for reelection.
Ro has a message that is very powerful, and I think he would be a very effective candidate.
Biden should expect strong support from progressives in 2024 according to Khanna.
He told the newspaper that President Biden will get a lot of support when he runs for reelection.
In a recent interview, Khanna did not rule out a race in 2028, but he dismissed the idea of a campaign in 2020.
He told the outlet that he was not running in 2024. If he didn't, that would be very disappointing, but there are a number of other candidates who would make sure that the Democrats beat Donald Trump.
The congressman who represents the Silicon Valley-anchored 17th congressional district that includes Cupertino, Santa Clara, and parts of San Jose said that after the 24 cycle, America will start to look.
While serving as a national cochair of the 2020 presidential campaign, Khanna spent a lot of time in early-voting states and gained valuable contacts along the way.
In February, he released the book "Dignity in the Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us", which outlined his vision for tackling the country's technological divide.
In a recent interview, Democratic consultant Joe Caiazzo said that the future of the party was in the hands of Khanna.
He told the outlet that Ro Khanna is a part of the next generation of progressive leadership in America.
The University of Chicago and Yale Law School graduate wants to see the US economy supported by tech jobs in Middle America.
Weaver said that the strong backing of many progressives, who have long yearned for concrete action on issues such as student-loan debt and climate change, would likely lead to the start of a presidential bid by the Vermont senator. If Biden doesn't run for a second term, his comments about the Khanna campaign are only applicable.
I think he would appeal to people who supported him. Weaver said that he did, and that he thinks a lot of working-class people that Democrats have had difficulty reaching would hear it.
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