Socialist House nominee's radical law-and-order vision: 'What are illegals?'
The socialist Democrat poised to represent most of Philadelphia in Congress questioned the premise of "illegal immigrants" and claimed "99%" of police work does not involve pursuing criminals.Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, made a name for himself in Harrisburg by championing progressive proposals such as abolishing the death penalty and transitioning Pennsylvania to 100% renewable energy by 2050.
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The socialist Democrat poised to represent most of Philadelphia in Congress questioned the premise of "illegal immigrants" and claimed "99%" of police work does not involve pursuing criminals.Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, made a name for himself in Harrisburg by championing progressive proposals such as abolishing the death penalty and transitioning Pennsylvania to 100% renewable energy by 2050. In 2019, Rabb introduced a "carbon pricing" bill to tax greenhouse-gas emissions above a certain cap, saying the revenue would be reinvested to help low-income consumers and support workers "displaced" from a shrunken fossil fuel industry. He also claims the "Nakba" (Palestinian displacement during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War) has "never ended.""Raab's platform is comprised of pretty far-left, radical positions," said Fox News host Sean Hannity on "Hannity."SOCIALIST VICTORIES SHOW DEMS' DESCENT DOWN 'DEADLY PATH OF COMMUNISM,' JOHNSON WARNS"Among them, he advocates for Medicare for All, universal basic income, federal jobs guarantees — the government does so well educating your kids — guaranteed housing, universal childcare, government grocery stores [and] replacement of [GDP] with a so-called ‘genuine progress indicator’…," Hannity listed."In other words, what he is saying is he would not just reshape our institutions, he would tear them down, fundamentally transform them in what I believe would be a very dangerous way."Rabb pushed back on some of the characterizations, telling Hannity in the case of the DSA’s effort to abolish the Senate, "that’s not what I’m running on."When Hannity asked whether Rabb — who boasts of running in the "bluest district in America" — truly supports "amnesty for illegals" and abolishing national borders, the lawmaker replied: "What are illegals?"DEMOCRAT COMPARES ICE TO 'DOMESTIC TERRORISTS' AS 111 HOUSE DEMS DEMAND TEXAS DETENTION CENTER CLOSEHannity responded, "Illegal immigrants: people that didn't respect our laws, borders, and sovereignty; entered the country without permission."Rabb said he didn’t accept the "premise" of the question."There are folks who have documentation.
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- The socialist Democrat poised to represent most of Philadelphia in Congress questioned the premise of "illegal immigrants" and claimed "99%" of police work does not involve pursuing criminals.Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, made a name for himself in Harrisburg by championing progressive proposals such as abolishing the death penalty and transitioning Pennsylvania to 100% renewable energy by 2050.
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Socialist House nominee's radical law-and-order vision: 'What are illegals?'
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