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George Soros Floods Local DA Races With $1.7M in Philadelphia
Beth Grossman, a prosecutor who is the Republican nominee for district attorney in Philadelphia, said it is disturbing that Soros, an outsider who "knows nothing" about public safety issues in the city, is throwing massive amounts of money behind her "far-left" opponent.
"What really disturbs me is I feel like he's an outside individual who knows nothing about Philadelphia and its specific public safety issues or whatever public safety crisis it's facing comes in with his [Soros'] agenda and backs a far-left candidate who has never prosecuted a criminal case in his 30 year career as a criminal defense attorney," Grossman told the Washington Free Beacon. "Everyone is entitled to the best defense that they can get, but this individual, my opponent, has also sued the Philadelphia police department in the city over 75 times and he dislikes law enforcement."
Grossman went on to say that the role of the district attorney's office is to enforce laws and not to conduct a "grand social experiment."
"So you have that kind of agenda along with George Soros, and suddenly—the role of the DA's office is not to conduct a grand social experiment, it is to enforce the laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania justly and fairly, and to protect the constitutional rights of everybody: victims, witnesses, as well as those accused of crime."
Grossman added that that she does not want her city to turn into Baltimore or Chicago if her opponent were to be elected....
Soros has flooded district attorney races in a number of states with funds. The deep-pocketed liberal donor has pushed millions into district attorney races in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico.
Soros single-handedly funded a super PAC in Ohio last year that supported Democratic prosecutors in the state.
(Washington Free Beacon)