Pennsylvania state Representative Chris Rabb, the Democrat nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s Third District, has made it clear that he is no fan of the nation’s founding principles.
During a recent panel in Philadelphia, Rabb delivered a tirade against the Declaration of Independence, capitalism, and even the concept of American exceptionalism.
His comments sounded more like a college lecture from a tenured Marxist than the words of someone hoping to serve in the United States Congress.
Speaking at an event titled “America at 250, Trump Fascism, Historical Erasure, and the Battle Over Truth,” Rabb dismissed the Declaration of Independence as a document that only served the “privileged” class.
According to him, it was never a source of liberty or inspiration, but a tool used to institutionalize oppression.
Rabb went on to describe the founding document as “performative,” claiming it erased indigenous and black peoples.
He said it created distance from one empire only to empower “very privileged people” who used the Constitution to entrench their advantage years later.
His remarks painted America’s founding as an unredeemable act of theft, declaring the nation was “born on stolen land and stolen labor.”
For someone running to represent the City of Brotherly Love, Rabb’s disdain for America’s first principles strikes a jarring note, particularly coming just steps from Independence Hall, where the Declaration he mocks was signed.
Yet, among his progressive allies, his words drew applause rather than outrage.
Rabb has branded himself as a “democratic socialist” during his five terms in the Pennsylvania House, and with this latest outburst, he is taking aim not just at the country’s past but at its entire political and economic foundation.
He told the audience that America’s systems are inherently harmful, describing fascism as something “built into the very fabric of this nation.”
By Rabb’s telling, the only way to achieve true justice is to rip up the very ideas that make America what it is.
He insisted that long-cherished principles like the American dream and the Protestant work ethic are “myths” that must be discarded before any progress can occur.
WATCH:
That mindset fits comfortably within today’s far-left ideology, where attacking America is rewarded with media attention, celebrity praise, and political endorsements.
Indeed, Rabb has already earned the backing of Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and influential progressive outfits such as Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, and the Sunrise Movement.
To the radical wing of the Democrat Party, Rabb is not extreme enough; he is their ideal candidate.
Rabb also used his platform to promote reparations as a key plank of his congressional agenda.
Calling himself “one of the few unapologetic reparationists going to Congress,” he argued that reparations are not only about compensating black Americans but about completely reshaping society itself. He stated, “Reparations is not something that repairs black people. It repairs society itself. And that benefits everyone.”
WATCH:
Translation: another massive wealth transfer wrapped in the language of justice and equality.
Rabb’s vision of “repairing society” sounds more like tearing down the existing system and rebuilding it in the socialist image cherished by the far left.
Rabb’s speech comes as progressive activists seek to “reframe” the story of America ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.
Instead of reflection and pride in the struggle for liberty that inspired nations around the world, they plan to mark the anniversary with lectures about oppression, colonial sins, and climate justice.
In their version of America’s story, the Founders are villains, capitalism is toxic, and liberty itself is suspect.
It is telling that Rabb chose this milestone year to attack the Declaration of Independence, the very document that defines America’s core belief that all individuals are created equal and endowed with rights by their Creator.
Instead of celebrating human freedom, he prefers to talk about collective guilt and dismantling the institutions that made the United States the most prosperous and free nation in history.
Rabb’s critics say his rhetoric reflects the left’s growing disdain for patriotism itself.
In their worldview, every success of the American experiment must be reinterpreted as a symptom of privilege or oppression.
Meanwhile, ordinary Americans who love their country are branded as reactionary or worse.
Voters in Pennsylvania’s Third District, a deep blue seat where Rabb faces no Republican challenger, may not hear much opposition to his ideas before election day.
Yet his presence in Congress will add one more voice to the Democrat chorus eager to rewrite history, redistribute wealth, and redefine what it means to be American.
As the nation approaches its semiquincentennial, many citizens will celebrate the freedom and vision that gave birth to the Republic.
Chris Rabb, however, seems determined to do the opposite. His version of patriotism is to tear down what generations before him built, replacing gratitude with grievance and pride with perpetual apology.
Sadly, that makes him a perfect fit for today’s Democrat Party.
