Ro Khanna Tells Fox News He Wishes Dems Would ‘Focus’ on Policy in Attacks on Trump: ‘I Don’t Like Name-Calling’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Democrats could and should focus their case against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on policy grounds during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday afternoon.

In an interview with Fox’s Sandra Smith, Khanna was asked if he agreed with “this ongoing rhetoric that when the White House is asked about it, doubles down on using the word ‘threat’ to describe the former president.”

After first addressing questions about the Secret Service and the pair of assassination attempts on Trump over the last few months, Khanna answered Smith’s like this:

Look, I come on Fox News a lot. One of the reasons I do it is that we often have a civil exchange. Let’s focus on the issues, on the policies. Who has a better vision for bringing manufacturing back? Who has a better vision for lowering prices? Who has a better vision on sensible immigration policy? Instead of the name-calling let’s learn how to talk to each other and what Lincoln called the bonds of affection in this country. And we all have a responsibility to that and I hope more people will come on Fox and have these kind of conversations to try to lower the temperature.

“But do you think it is dangerous for the White House to continue calling the former president a threat after yet another assassination attempt? Is that a good idea?” inquired Smith in a follow-up.

“My critici- I can just speak for myself, Sandra. I have always criticized President Trump on policies, on how I think that he is wrong on the economy, wrong on his solutions on immigration,” replied Khanna. “I wish we could focus on that. I think we can win this campaign focusing on who has the better vision. I don’t like name-calling on any side, and that’s the ideal I’ve tried to set and hold myself to.”

“Fair to say, it sounds like you’re splitting with the White House on that,” concluded Smith.

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