Rep.-elect Chris Rabb, 1 of 6 DSA newcomers to the House, on his plans for Congress
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[0:00] Plenty of fresh faces on Capitol Hill as
[0:02] I'm sure you've no doubt read. The vast
[0:04] majority of them Democrats. They're here
[0:06] for orientation. The contingent of
[0:08] representatives elect are members of the
[0:10] Democratic Socialist of America. One of
[0:12] them, Representative Elect Rab joins me
[0:15] now. Chris, it's great to see you. We
[0:16] talked earlier, but I'm glad to have you
[0:17] here on the set. Welcome to the Takeout.
[0:20] >> Good to be here.
[0:21] >> So, this is going to be a historically
[0:23] large incoming class of House Democrats.
[0:26] >> Yes.
[0:26] >> What do you believe the mandate for
[0:28] action is?
[0:30] Well, I think the mandate is for bold
[0:33] change. It's not a mandate for
[0:35] Democrats.
[0:37] It's a mandate for change.
[0:39] >> Can you define bold change?
[0:41] >> Well, I think uh we're figuring that
[0:43] out, right? Because
[0:46] everyone has their opinions, but if you
[0:49] look at the polling and you look at the
[0:51] people who've won, not just in
[0:53] aggressively blue districts like mine,
[0:55] >> the bluest in America,
[0:56] >> the bluest in America, not like I'm
[0:57] counting. We got more raccoons than
[0:59] Republicans in my district. But I'm also
[1:02] talking to folks who flipped our 20
[1:04] districts, like folks who are coming
[1:06] from