Richard Grenell tells Ro Khanna his 'Victim Culture' should get out too
Richard GrenellRepublican political adviser and former acting director of national intelligence, posting on X
Replying to Khanna's post about the remark, Grenell writes that the 'Victim Culture' Khanna pushes is un-American and should get the hell out of here too.
“the Victim Culture you always push is unAmerican and it should get the hell out of here, too.”
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JD Vance tells Angie Nixon to 'get the hell out of here' over her socialist label; Nixon says Florida is her home
At a campaign rally in Lakeland, Florida, on October 1, 2026, Vice President JD Vance said that when Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida, calls herself a socialist, the right response is to say 'then get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America, if those are your views.' Nixon answered on X that Florida is her home and that her ancestors built the country. Rep. Ro Khanna wrote that Vance had told a Black woman descended from enslaved people to leave America, and Richard Grenell replied that Khanna's 'Victim Culture' should get out too.
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Richard Grenell posted this reply to Ro Khanna's post about Vance's remark on the evening of October 1, 2026, Eastern time.
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Rep. Ro Khanna posted this on X on October 1, 2026, quoting a post by Aaron Rupar that shared video of Vance's remark about Nixon.
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Grenell's post replies to Khanna's post, which says Vance told 'a Black woman who is a descendant of enslaved people to leave America.'
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Grenell's reply is addressed to Khanna and Vance, and it applies Vance's phrase to Khanna's argument rather than to Nixon.
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The case concerns Vance's statement at the Lakeland rally that Nixon should 'get the hell out of here' and does not belong in America if she calls herself a socialist. Grenell does not address Nixon. He rejects Khanna's description of the remark as telling a descendant of enslaved people to leave America, calls that 'Victim Culture' and turns Vance's phrase on it, which disputes how the remark is characterized.
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The Dispute Index. "Richard Grenell tells Ro Khanna his 'Victim Culture' should get out too". First published: 2026-10-30. Last updated: 2026-10-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/7373-replying-to-khanna-s-post-about-the-remark