{"id":623600,"date":"2026-06-23T11:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=623600"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:58:43","slug":"after-musk-mentions-lawsuit-ro-khanna-suddenly-wants-a-debate-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=623600","title":{"rendered":"After Musk mentions lawsuit, Ro Khanna suddenly wants a debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A war of words between Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has escalated into Khanna begging Musk for an official debate.<\/p>\n

The war erupted Saturday when Khanna, a California Democrat, accused Musk of essentially killing millions of children with his DOGE-inspired dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

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Ro Khanna: There needs to be accountability for Elon Musk\u2026 He needs to answer\u2026 He needs to be subpoenaed, he needs to face investigation.
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\u2014 Defiant L\u2019s (@DefiantLs) June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI do believe once we take power, there needs to be accountability,\u201d Khanna said on the \u201cI\u2019ve Had It\u201d podcast hosted by left-wing hatemonger<\/a> Jennifer Welch. \u201cThere needs to be accountability for Elon Musk. You know, they\u2019re celebrating that he created 4,400 millionaires, but they don\u2019t talk about the 4.5 million children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe needs to answer for that. He needs to be subpoenaed. He needs to face investigation. He needs to answer for what he did with DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]. It\u2019s not just \u2018let\u2019s move on,’\u201d the Democrat added.<\/p>\n

Musk didn\u2019t take kindly to this nonsense. First, in response to a New York Post story about Khanna\u2019s call for accountability, Musk said bluntly that it\u2019s \u201ctime to sue\u201d him.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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Time to sue this liar<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In another post, Musk debunked Khanna\u2019s claim about USAID.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a total lie,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cAll DOGE did was require contact with the aid recipients to confirm that funds were being used legitimately. Anything less than this is insane! Multiple people from USAID have been charged by the Justice Department with stealing money. Moreover, they pled GUILTY!!\u201d<\/p>\n

In a third post, he fiercely defended DOGE\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe standard applied by DOGE was very simple and easy: Provide contact information for the recipients of aid, so that we can confirm it is not fraudulent,\u201d Musk explained<\/a>. \u201cThe reality is that money was being sent to corrupt politicians under the guise of aid! Liars and stock insider traders like Ro the Robber should be in prison!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Khanna responded to Musk\u2019s posts by whining and calling for a debate in a post of his own.<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

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.@elonmusk<\/a> let\u2019s debate. You game?<\/p>\n

I am for free speech, not lawfare. pic.twitter.com\/gThLggxiOW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cToday, Elon Musk threatened to sue me, and he called on the Justice Department to put me in prison,\u201d Khanna said. \u201cThat\u2019s right. The world\u2019s richest person has spent all day tweeting, going after me. Why? Because I cited an academic study that his DOGE cuts may lead to the deaths of millions of children overseas. You know, Elon, I thought you were a free speech guy. Why not debate me on these issues instead of threatening lawfare?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to be able to intimidate me. I\u2019m the guy who stood up to the Epstein class and worked with [Rep. Thomas] Massie to get the Epstein files released. I\u2019m the guy who stood up against AIPAC and called out a genocide. And I\u2019m the guy who stood up to billionaires in my district who ran someone against me and still called for a wealth tax. So I\u2019m not going to be intimidated or silenced,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Khanna later doubled down in remarks made to CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI challenge him to a debate \u2026 do it on CNN, do it on CNBC, do it at a university, he can pick the setting and let\u2019s debate what happened at DOGE, let\u2019s debate why I\u2019m for a wealth tax,\u201d he told the network. \u201cWe can have a conversation of ideas if he believes in free speech and free expression about these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not pleasant to have the world\u2019s richest person with the biggest platform on X go say you should be in prison and that he\u2019s going to sue you, and then I\u2019m a liar. I\u2019m taking on the richest person in the world, but I mean, I would hope that he would have an actual debate about it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Musk has endorsed a call for \u201cRo \u2018the Robber\u2019 Khanna\u201d to be arrested:<\/p>\n

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Yes https:\/\/t.co\/IfpZy0PJgH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A war of words between Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has escalated into Khanna begging Musk for an official debate. The war erupted Saturday when Khanna, a California Democrat, accused Musk of essentially killing millions of children with his DOGE-inspired dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Listen: Ro… Continue reading After Musk mentions lawsuit, Ro Khanna suddenly wants a debate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":623578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=623600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/623578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=623600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=623600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}