Rep. Ro Khanna Says Democrats Would Stop Funding Further Military Action in Iran War

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Sunday that he would stop funding for further U.S. military action in Iran, and that the House and Senate should cut off money for any additional actions in the Iran War. Khanna made the comments on "Fox News Sunday" in an interview with anchor Shannon Bream. He said he would vote to halt all such funding even though American assets and personnel remain in the region. Khanna argued that high gas prices result solely from the war and said they would fall immediately if Democrats controlled Congress, because on day one they would stop funding the conflict. He compared the move to what Congress did to end the Vietnam War. The remarks came amid growing voter dissatisfaction with the ongoing war effort. Earlier in the interview, Bream asked whether Khanna would condemn an ad by Rebellion PAC that promoted Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and blamed higher living costs on funding sent to Israel. Khanna said he and El-Sayed both disagreed with it.

Right-leaning coverage, in the Daily Wire, leads with Khanna's pledge to cut off funding even with U.S. personnel still in the region, and its headline says so directly. It gives the most detail on the interview: Bream's question about the Rebellion PAC ad, Khanna stopping short of condemning it, his change of subject when Bream noted that disagreement is not condemnation, and Bream's follow-up asking whether he would defund operations while assets remain there. It also describes his gas-price claim as an assertion. The Hill, an alternative/independent outlet, frames the story around voter dissatisfaction with the war and the Vietnam comparison, and its excerpt does not mention the ad or the troops question. Both outlets quote Khanna's "I would stop the funding" line. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while the other two sides had.