About this episode

Mehdi Hasan interviews Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego about his potential candidacy for the 2028 presidential election amidst investigations and political scrutiny.

Ever since his election to the Senate in 2024, Ruben Gallego, the junior senator from Arizona, has been widely viewed as a major Democratic presidential contender in 2028. But can Gallego keep that momentum going, as Donald Trump's Department of Justice investigates him for alleged campaign finance violations? And after facing scrutiny for his relationship with disgraced Congressman Eric Swalwell? In this exclusive and wide-ranging 'Mehdi Unfiltered' interview, Mehdi speaks to Ruben Gallego about his plans to tax the rich and restrict aid to Israel, the Trump DOJ's investigation into his campaign finances, and going from 'progressive' to 'border hawk.' SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND MEHDI: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show…

People in this episode

Host: Mehdi Hasan

Guest: Ruben Gallego

Topics covered

• 2028 presidential election
• campaign finance
• progressive politics
• Arizona politics
• interview
• tax policy
• foreign aid

Keywords

• Ruben Gallego
• 2028 election
• campaign finance violations
• progressive
• border hawk
• tax the rich
• Israel aid

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Organizations: Department of Justice, Mehdi Unfiltered

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