Rep. Ro Khanna on America 250: ‘I‘m Extremely Proud of Being American,’ I Saw a Community That Gave Me Every Chance, Teachers Who Believed in Me

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KHANNA: “Well, I‘m extremely proud of being American. I grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I was born in Philadelphia in 1976, our bicentenary. And I saw a community that gave me every chance. Teachers who believed in me. Little League coaches who believed in me as an Indian American of Hindu faith. I have had so many opportunities. I feel such gratitude to the country. Love for the country. And we‘re an extraordinary nation, not just with the Declaration of Independence, but our struggles of progress on racial issues, our defeat of communism, of Nazism, our force of being a moral light around the world. Of course, we have work to do, but we should celebrate the 250 years.”