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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Rep. Rab led the fight to repeal the death penalty in…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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FULL REMARKS: AOC in Philadelphia for Chris Rabb | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Rep. Raab worked for Senator Carol Mosley Braun, the first black woman elected to the United States Senate. Rep. Rab taught at Temple University where he helped the adjunct professors there organize a union. Rep. Rab led the fight to repeal the death penalty in Pennsylvania. And for five terms, the people of Philadelphia have sent Rep. Rab to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives where he has earned the most votes of any state representative in the history of this commonwealth. (01:03–08:31)

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Asserts that Rep. Rab was instrumental in efforts to repeal the death penalty in Pennsylvania.

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