Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb said in an interview this week that he favors reducing incarceration but would make an exception for people he called “lawless MAGA thugs,” according to Fox News Digital’s account of the podcast discussion.
Rabb, a congressional candidate, made the comments on a program hosted by podcaster Wajahat Ali. He argued that the United States incarcerates a disproportionately large share of the world’s prisoners and said he considers that morally wrong and poor policy. He then called for people he blamed for harming communities to be imprisoned, acknowledging that the position conflicted with his broader opposition to incarceration.
Rabb also urged members of Congress to pursue impeachment and subpoenas against people he said were undermining the country’s democracy. The source did not identify specific individuals he wanted subpoenaed or impeached in that portion of the interview.
He further invoked cases of mothers reportedly jailed after changing their school districts to secure better education for their children. Rabb argued that, if such mothers faced imprisonment, Jared Kushner should also face jail time. The source provides no further details about the cases Rabb referenced or any legal basis for his comparison.
Fox News Digital reported that Rabb’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly, responding to the outlet, said Democrats were attacking President Donald Trump and obstructing his agenda. She also described Rabb as disturbed and said he should seek help.
The report placed Rabb among Democratic Socialists of America members who won Democratic primaries that year. It also compared his remarks with comments from Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon. In an interview with CNN, Nixon said she wanted Sen. Ashley Moody, a Florida Republican, jailed over what Nixon described as Moody’s conduct. Asked to clarify, Nixon said she did want that outcome. The supplied report does not provide details establishing the allegations Nixon made against Moody or any court findings related to them.
Rabb’s remarks frame a tension between opposition to incarceration as a policy and support for imprisonment of political opponents or other people he believes have done wrong. His statements, and the comparison with Nixon, are presented here as attributed political remarks; the source does not establish that the people discussed committed crimes or were subject to criminal proceedings.
