A self-described socialist named Chris Rabb just won the Democratic primary in Philadelphia's bluest-of-blue 3rd District, which means he's all but measuring the drapes in a congressional office right now. His big idea? Corporate CEOs "should fry."
No, really. He wrote it down. The man who is about to represent half a million Americans in the United States Congress thinks the appropriate punishment for running a business is the electric chair.
Rabb is a five-term Pennsylvania state legislator, so this isn't some random keyboard warrior ranting into the void at 2 a.m. This is a career politician who has held elected office for a decade. And he was endorsed by none other than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—because of course he was—along with the basement-dwelling Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who knows a thing or two about saying unhinged stuff on the internet.
So when sugar-pants AOC tells you she just wants a kinder, fairer, more compassionate America, remember the kind of guy she personally hand-picks to send to Washington.
It gets better. (It always gets better, doesn't it?)
Rabb didn't just say CEOs "should fry" and call it a day. He compared corporate executives to street gangs, writing that CEOs are gang leaders "far more devastating than the Crips or Bloods." Far more devastating! The guy signing your paycheck is apparently a bigger menace to society than actual violent criminals.
And in case you thought he was just being colorful, Rabb also went on record saying he supports the death penalty being applied "more frequently and swiftly." Let that sink in. A modern Democrat who normally won't endorse capital punishment for serial killers suddenly discovers a deep love for the death penalty—the moment the target is a businessman.
We've heard a lot over the years about "tolerance" and "speaking up against violent rhetoric." We've sat through years of lectures about civility from these people. Where's the lecture for the guy who wants to execute executives?
Here's the part Bob's audience already understands in their bones: a CEO is just a person who built or runs a company that hires people, makes things, and—heaven forbid—turns a profit. That's the crime. That's the offense Rabb thinks deserves frying. Not robbery. Not murder. Making a payroll.
This is what socialism always sounds like once it stops pretending. Strip away the free-college brochures and the Instagram graphics, and you eventually get to the part where they tell you exactly who they'd like to see dead. Rabb just had the courtesy to skip ahead to the last chapter.
And the Democratic Party endorsed him anyway. They knew. The quotes are right there. They looked at a man who wants to fry CEOs and said, "Yep, that's our guy."
In a district this blue, the primary is the whole ballgame—the general election is a formality. So barring a miracle, this is your next congressman, America. A socialist who thinks job creators belong in the electric chair, blessed by AOC and cheered on by a Twitch streamer.
Welcome to the modern Democratic Party. Keep your résumé handy and your distance from the fuse box.
