Americans are turning the page on the woke left’s approach to crime, if this week’s district attorney elections are anything to go by.
A majority of the 25 George Soros-linked district attorneys on the ballot this week were defeated, signaling a backlash against progressive policies that critics say are to blame for a surge in crime across the country in recent years.
Many of the losing Soros candidates were running for office in deep blue jurisdictions and suffered heavy losses despite Vice President Harris clocking up comfortable majorities in those same areas – indicating that a large portion of Democrats are also done with the progressive Left’s soft on crime experiment, according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, a pro-police non-profit that tracked the 25 races.
Of the 25 Soros-linked district attorneys on the ballot, 12 were either defeated or recalled.
Soros, the Hungarian-born left-wing billionaire, runs a dark money web of non-profits that bankroll various candidates around the world who align with his progressive agenda, including his Open Society Foundations. Soros has given over $32 billion to Open Society Foundations since 1984, according to its website.
The most high-profile loss this week came in the city of Los Angeles, where District Attorney George Gascón, backed by Soros, was thumped 24% by his tough on crime opponent, Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, with crime being a top issue of the election cycle.
In contrast, Harris swept Los Angeles County by 30 points.
In other areas of the liberal bastion state, hard-on-crime San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins comfortably beat out prosecutor Ryan Khojasteh, who was the handpicked candidate of former district attorney Chesa Boudin, who was recalled in 2022. --->READ MORE HERE
The lefty prosecutor of the Georgia county where Laken Riley was allegedly murdered by a Venezuelan migrant will be looking for another job after being soundly defeated in her re-election bid.
Democratic District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, whose circuit includes liberal Athens-Clarke County and conservative Oconee County, was trounced 60%-40% by Republican Kalki Yalamanchili Tuesday.
The defeat was part of a tsunami of soft-on-crime progressive prosecutors and pols — many backed by left-wing kingmaker billionaire George Soros — booted from office.
In the San Francisco Bay area, Alameda County DA Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao were both recalled.
The pols faced harsh criticism over skyrocketing crime since they took office in 2023.
Los Angeles County DA George Gascón was also ousted, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded her race Thursday night.
Gonzalez was elected in 2020 on the heels of Soros and other progressives pushing for criminal justice reform in response to Black Lives Matter and other nationwide protests.
She promised diversion programs, rehabilitation, and shorter sentences for nonviolent offenders.
Riley, 22, a nursing student, was found dead on Feb. 22 after she went for a run. --->READ MORE HERE
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