The Silicon Valley congressman tries to surf the democratic socialist wave.

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PHILADELPHIA—About 50 people squeezed into a basement room at the Philadelphia City Institute library to hear Chris Rabb, a democratic socialist who recently won a congressional primary in Pennsylvania’s deep-blue 3rd district, and California Rep. Ro Khanna, a fifth-term progressive Democrat who’s scouting a 2028 presidential bid.

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