Rep. Ro Khanna of California — the man who wants to tax billionaires, break up Big Tech, and deliver a "Second New Deal" for working Americans — has an elevator in his house. Not a building he works in. His house.
He also drives a $190,000 Range Rover. But sure, tell us more about the oligarchs.
The details come from a Washington Free Beacon investigation by Andrew Kerr, and they're not subtle. Khanna, a Democrat representing Silicon Valley's 17th Congressional District, has built a political brand around fighting concentrated wealth and championing the working class. He rails against those who "hoard wealth and engage in financial speculation." He calls for Medicare for All, universal childcare, and robust union protections.
His family's financial disclosures, meanwhile, run to hundreds of pages.
Khanna's estimated net worth sits at approximately $232.7 million, making him one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Roughly 99 percent of the household's disclosed assets are held in the name of his wife, Ritu Khanna, the daughter of Monte Ahuja, founder of Cleveland-based automotive parts giant Transtar Industries and chairman of the family investment vehicle Mura Holdings. One outlet described the marriage as an "alliance-with-the-neighboring-dynasty transaction." Before it, Ritu held a Georgetown undergraduate degree, a Columbia master's degree, and a job as a product marketing specialist for Bulgari, the Italian luxury brand.
Nothing about any of this screams "man of the people."
The family's financial disclosures reveal ownership stakes in at least two golf clubs in Ohio — the Areco Golf/Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club in Cleveland and the Barrington Golf Club in Aurora — each valued at over $1 million. The household has disclosed approximately 12,123 stock trades worth $210 million in volume over the past three years, spread across 879 distinct companies. Over his entire career in elected office, Khanna's personal trade volume has exceeded $630 million.
This is the man who campaigns on banning congressional stock trading.
As Conservative Review reported, the in-home elevator, the $190,000 Range Rover, and the family golf courses paint a portrait that's difficult to square with Khanna's public rhetoric. He's positioned himself as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, running on the idea that he's the progressive champion who'll take on the billionaire class. He told audiences the American public "responds in large numbers when leaders stand up for the working class."
Khanna's defenders would note that his wife's family earned their money through legitimate business — Monte Ahuja built Transtar Industries from the ground up — and that personal wealth doesn't disqualify someone from advocating for economic reform. That's a reasonable argument in theory. In practice, it collapses when your specific political brand is attacking people for having exactly what you have. You can be rich and argue for higher taxes. You can't be rich, own golf courses, ride a private elevator to your bedroom, and pretend you're leading a working-class revolution without someone eventually checking the receipts.
Khanna represents a district in Silicon Valley. He was named the 4th richest Californian in Congress. His household portfolio includes holdings in tech stocks, healthcare companies like Humana and Eli Lilly, retail companies like Lululemon, plus commercial properties and investment funds. The "fight the oligarchs" messaging isn't a policy platform. It's a costume.
The $190,000 Range Rover costs more than the median American household earns in three years. The elevator goes up. The self-awareness doesn't.