After San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled last week, another George Soros-funded district attorney could be out of a job if Pennsylvania state legislators have anything to say about it. Republican state Reps. Torren Ecker, Tim O’Neal, and Josh Kail initiated the process to impeach radical left-wing Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Philadelphia’s record-setting homicide total during Krasner’s tenure is the impetus for their impeachment call.
Krasner was elected as Philadelphia’s 26th district attorney in 2017, and the homicide rate has exploded ever since. Much of this increase is attributed to Krasner’s radical left-wing criminal justice reform policies. Numerous examples of murderers being previously arrested but not being incarcerated have plagued his time in office. Inexplicably, he won reelection in a landslide last year — the year in which the city set a record for homicides.
So far, there have been 227 people murdered this year, slightly lower than last year’s record-breaking total. The Republican lawmakers cited gun violence, specifically the most recent mass shooting incident in the city, as the “last straw” for moving forward with impeachment. Bodies on the streets of Philadelphia pile up, and many in the city desperately seek help and change. Could Krasner’s impeachment be the answer?
“We want to highlight the dereliction of duty that we’ve seen from this district attorney,” Kail said on Fox and Friends First. “Lives have been lost, property has been destroyed, and really families have been crushed. Enough is enough. And we need to do something, and we need to get back to the basics in this commonwealth and in this nation.”
Interestingly, none of the three state representatives represent a district in or near Philadelphia. Kail and O’Neal represent counties near Pittsburgh in the western part of the state. Ecker represents counties in central Pennsylvania. However, Pennsylvania law allows the state legislature to remove any public officials if a majority vote is obtained in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and a two-thirds vote is reached in the Pennsylvania Senate.
The impeachment figures to be a lengthy process, and it is uncertain if it will be successful in removing Krasner. Kail, O’Neal, and Ecker said they want it to be a bipartisan effort, but it is hard to see Democrats turning against one of their own in the state. It will easily pass the Republican-controlled House but faces challenges in the Senate to get bipartisan support.
Whether the impeachment succeeds or not, it is important to note how bad things have become in the City of Brotherly Love. Just like in San Francisco, the radical left-wing, “woke” criminal justice policies of a district attorney have created lawlessness, made the city unsafe, and endangered lives. While people like Krasner experimented with criminal justice policies, innocent people suffered at their expense.
