While former President Donald Trump’s historic comeback rightly garnered most of the headlines following last week’s elections, the campaign of liberal megadonor George Soros to “reimagine” the American criminal justice system through soft-on-crime prosecutors and policies was also dealt a crushing blow on November 5. In total, at least a dozen Soros-linked district attorneys went down.
The most high-profile district attorney race in the country this year was in Los Angeles, where incumbent Democrat George Gascon was facing off against Independent challenger Nathan Hochman. Gascon, who received $2.5 million from Soros-linked groups in 2020, has long been a standard-bearer of the “woke” prosecutor movement. He was an early advocate of ending cash bail, refusing to charge anyone under 25 as an adult, and downgrading charges for crimes he considered to be “victimless,” such as vandalism and robbery. Violent and nonviolent crime has skyrocketed under his watch.
Following two recall attempts against Gascon which fell just short, LA voters finally ousted Gascon this year, with Hochman winning 61.5 percent of the vote to Gascon’s 38.5 percent. Even as Kamala Harris won LA County by 30 percent, voters still chose Hochman, a former GOP nominee for California Attorney General, by 24 percent.
Just up the coast in Alameda County, outside of San Francisco, voters also recalled far-left District Attorney Pamela Price, who had been in office for less than two years and received more than $1 million from Soros-linked groups. The recall, led by the group “Save Alameda for Everyone,” a local grassroots organization, passed with 64.8 percent of the vote.
Price has garnered controversy throughout her tenure for her unapologetic “prison last” approach to criminal justice. One of her first actions after taking office was dropping two murder charges in a high-profile triple homicide case against Delonzo Logwood, a career criminal who killed three people outside a club in 2016. After Price took office, she dropped two of the homicide charges and downgraded the final murder charge to “voluntary manslaughter.”
As a result, Logwood went from a potential charge of life without parole to a sentence of only 12 years. Because the charge includes time already served, he is now looking at early release within a few years.
The Logwood case became an immediate rallying point for the movement to recall Price and culminated in her ultimate removal in this deep-blue progressive stronghold.
In Oregon, Democrat Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt lost his re-election bid to one of his own office’s deputy attorneys, Nathan Vasquez. Schmidt was one of the primary backers of the ballot measure to decriminalize virtually all drug use in Portland, Oregon. According to the New York Post, shortly after the measure passed, “the city declared a state of emergency after an explosion of fentanyl deaths” and “cops resigned en masse — with many citing Schmidt as the reason for their exit.”
Vasquez ran his campaign on a simple pledge to return the city to “sanity” by re-engaging with police and reestablishing the rule of law.
On the other side of the country, Western Georgia District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, a Democrat backed by Soros-linked groups, was also soundly defeated. While the votes are still being finalized, Republican challenger Kalki Yalamanchili will likely defeat Gonzalez with more than 60 percent of the vote. The county she presided over was where illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra brutally murdered nursing student Laken Riley this past February.
According to The Daily Caller, Gonzalez focused her campaign on “Alternative accountability-based measures to address most nonviolent crimes or issues presented by juvenile defendants.” Yalamanchili conversely pledged to crack down on illegal immigrants taking advantage of an “ineffective” DA’s office.
Since 2015, through a series of shell non-profits and PACs, Soros has led an aggressive campaign to impose his radical vision of “criminal justice” – which contains little actual justice – on America. In total, Soros has poured more than $40 million into at least 75 local prosecutor races throughout the country.
At the peak of his influence, 50 hand-picked Soros DAs presided over more than 20 percent of the country’s population, paving the way for an explosion of crime and chaos on the streets of some of America’s most important cities. But as of this November, the majority of these prosecutors have either resigned, been recalled, or been defeated outright at the ballot box.
Nonetheless, there were some victories for Soros-backed DAs this year. In Savannah, Georgia, progressive prosecutor Shalena Cook Jones held on to her seat, while Soros-backed Monique Worrell reclaimed her position as the Orange-Osceola State Attorney in Florida after being suspended last year by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for “dereliction of duty” on crime. Other high-profile Soros DAs like Alvin Bragg in Manhattan – a key player in the Democrat lawfare crusade against Trump – also remain in office.
But the tide appears to have clearly turned against the Soros prosecutor movement. From a powerful force in the American legal system just a few years ago, it may soon become just a footnote in history.
Andrew Shirley is a veteran speechwriter and AMAC Newsline columnist. His commentary can be found on X at @AA_Shirley.
We need to strip the Soros’s of their citizenship. They continue to wreak havoc and destruction in our country.
The Soros’s are not adding value, they are increasingly paying to rig elections, fund total madness in their sick elite world.
Thanks Andrew Shirley for a well written, factual story…
The sleazy NY injustice system & the state of Georgia continue to hold onto these scumbag prosecutors & lawyers, in time, they too will be gone & it will be sooner rather than later imho…
There is a clear reason why Soros has been kicked out of (7) other nations, he needs too add an 8th, America, this includes his son & the 50 plus organizations that fall under his Open Society network reeking havoc across our nation…
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Soros should be thrown out of USA.
He’s is a Domestic Terrorist!
and should be charged with Treason against The USA! He should be investigated IMMEDIATLY!
Soros and his son are pond scum. I wish we could deport them, freeze their financial assets and accounts, and……..MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!!
American’s need to make Soros not relative, he hates America and will destroy everything it stands for. Don’t listen to his lies and his liars don’t listen to his crap radio stations.
That will make America Great Again!
I seriously doubt Soros (and via his eldest son) will give up on his attempts to ‘game the system’ somehow in the USA. He sees it as a challenge he wants to win — just research his past ‘meddling’ in other countries including his own and England. It’s a multi-billionnaire using his $$$$ to manipulate successful nations one way or another as a game.
Since Trump has won the presidency once again, he should have his DOJ investigate both father & Son Soros as domestic terrorists! They have spent their time and money trying to undermine our country, our government, our laws, by paying to elect people like George Gascon, Tish James, Alvin Bragg etc. The Demonicrat Party is still in bed with these two domestic terrorists and will do their bidding as long as the money continues to flow into their coffers!
If only our GOP US senators would like to join the America First movement! They just voted Thune to be the Majority leader. Another McConnell. Bad enough that most of them are RINOs but they can’t even find the courage to vote for a non-RINO! Maybe Elon and Vivek can defund them too.
love it. soros’ attempt to overthrow the country that put down his hero, hitler, is falling apart. his time is about up and he will die without succeeding.
Justice for ALL Now, NO Games
There must be a law to arrest Soros on. All this buying of DA’s is so much worse as to what they charged Trump with. The charges were so lame they had to dust off law books from a century ago to charge him with some obscure law that hadn’t be used in recent memory. Billionaires should not be able to buy DAs and/or judges and corrupt our Justice system to his hand. We the people should have the final say not one rich billionaire with a Hitler complex. That is the threat from within. Only dems see him as keeping the dems in power. Start arresting these powerful sub servants. They are a threat to our country. This election showed we the people reject the dems policies and even a billion dollars could not buy them the election. Power of the people!!!
Soros and his son should be not be allowed in the America! Those individuals who are working for him and his son should also be kicked out of America! Not one of them stand for the values in which this country was founded!
Good! Let’s keep it that way by never letting the D-RATS back in power to destroy our Nation again. The biggest loser in this election was Obama. That’s right! No 4th term for the puppet master. Good Bye and good riddance FOREVER Oblah blah!
Soros needs to loose his citizenship and be booted the hell out of America!
Unlike his first term, Trump has learned about appointments. He is surrounding himself with quality, competent professional people. Soros is over-matched.
Thanks for the good information on this. I wish there was a list of ALL the DA’s that Soros has backed so maybe more of them can be contained. Local grassroot organizations can then work on changing each and every one of them. He has done nothing but create more trouble in this country.
My main question relating to Soros is Why? Why does he and now his son hate America so much that they want to hurt or destroy our country? Is it just a power trip? Why don’t they just leave and go somewhere else? Hey he could buy an island and move there like the Oracle Larry Ellison did.
Soros came from Hungary, he should go back there! They are both (he and his son) horrible people.
Thank you for a great article with the “specifics” that will not be in any other newspaper, media blog, tv news, etc. My questions “why do such millionaires, billionaires, and all sort of deviant personalities want to push their agenda on Americans? Because truly, they want to be Emperor of the World. They are not one bit interested in the plight of the poor, the poverty of other nations, feeding the poor and giving homes to the homeless where their money will really do good things! Mr. Applehead- vaccine pusher has killed more babies in the name of “population explosion” than people can possibly fathom……maybe why his spouse finally left him too. Americans are not only bombarded by political injustice in our country by our own so called “elected” (not reallyIIII) officials, but then after they are finally out of office, they are still getting involved in BUYING people off to lie, cheat, vote, and help them to cripple the American economy and use the television to “dramatize” their own agendas. Obama even resurrected dead people to vote and had his cronies blocking voting lines harassing people before they went into legal polling places to vote. And Chinese Hillary was helping Biden with computer hackers who changed numbers on the computers after everyone else was sleeping (literally and figuratively speaking).
Mr. Trump WAS supposed to be in Washington, not Chinese Hillary. And Trump WAS and IS the right man for the job NOW. Four years of dedication, fighting the FBI, fighting IRS for his and our freedoms, fighting disgusting television personalities speaking ill of him (and those that stand with him) for the past four years, having his home and family violated in raids (lead by Chinese Clinton/Biden team) and I could go on and on here but we already know all of it.
PRESIDENT TRUMP is where he belongs right now, AND he is now going down in HISTORY with an accomplishment that the media and the democrats in total cannot take away from him. As a matter of fact, the entire left-leaning group added so much humiliation, filthy lies and hate and all the while FORGETTING who was protecting Donald Trump! GOD put His Chosen One back in the Presidential Office. Millions of long-suffering Christians, Churches, honorable people and prayer warriors who have walked these four years with the Trump family and prayed for them every single day are rejoicing over victory. AMEN. We have also seen that evil does not “end”, and our prayers will not either. We will arm ourselves with prayer, with God’s Armour, and with love for this country and all those we know who have died protecting it and our fellow Americans so that we can live as ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL. We don’t need Soros Megabucks or Bill Gates Trillions, or Oprah’s Millions because they don’t give money to help anyone but themselves! Money they give away is tax free to help them along their happy powerful paths. Soros’ $453 million dollar loss is a drop in the bucket and we need to stop these money pay-off people by making better laws for their donations to candidates. That is the real issue that has been around one hundred years too long.
I proudly helped to get the recall of Alameda County’s DA Pamela Price placed on the ballot, and I happily voted last week for her to be recalled. The recall initiative won 64-36 percent!
Soros should just do the world a favor and die already. Unfortunately, his son Alex who is inconceivably more dangerous than father, is now running the nasty Soros empire. Of course, the democrat leadership are all cozying up to him and any other rich America haters they can get money from. Mark Cuban, I’m talking about you.
This is another election that Soros have intentionally and deliberately undermined the American election process..
It’s against the law and treasonous!! His citizenship must be revoked and Soros must be exiled.. Any family member also should be exiled as well!!
No trial, no public fanfare just exile this piece of Hitler low life nefarious glob of crap!!!
Good news for us and bad news for the criminal, but the ugly SOB probably won’t quit. And we have to worry about his son taking over.
Praise Jesus!
The Soros (Democrat) Party needs to leave this leave this country and then maybe the DumbaCraps won’t be so Dumb.
The victimless crimes of vandalism and petty theft are hardly victimless. Citizens pay for these crimes. If a business is repeatedly vandalized, their insurance rates go up and they will raise prices on their products or services. Repeated theft from retail stores results in increased cost to consumers at best and store closures at worst. In New York City, drug stores have closed to the complaints of local residents, many of whom supported the Soros DAs, who didn’t feel a need to penalize repeat offenders seriously. The result is that some stores could no longer afford to operate. Chain drug stores consolidated into fewer outlets, where most items are behind lock and key. These stores require larger staffs to lock and unlock cabinets so you can select your favorite brand of toothpaste. I am not opposed to leniency on first time offenders. Many poor and often minority offenders just don’t get the best legal defense. However, if one doesn’t learn after the first dance, it is time to introduce them to serious penalties. Some people say that doesn’t work. At least someone contemplating his crime in a prison cell means that he isn’t committing more crimes during his incarceration.
Soros has always tried to destroy this country he thinks we need him here the day he moves out of this country the better off we all will be we do not heed his kind in this country so happy he wasted millions of dollars on the race he is a loser all right. President Trump is in Harris is out.
Good article, as usual.
The Illegal and Unconstitutional appointment of Loser Jack Smith is Retiring before President Trump takes Office. I hear Clucking and he thinks that will protect him.
Another Soros LOSER Bites the Dust.
“From a powerful force in the American legal system just a few years ago, it may soon become just a footnote in history.”
It will never be just a footnote anywhere.
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There is a very clear track record of all the crime caused specifically by weak Soros-backed DA’s and prosecutors! His so-called “reimagining” of the criminal justice system has only led to an obvious explosion of crime in every category in the United States! One has to conclude that “CRIME” itself is what he is working so hard to achieve. Hard as it is to conceive, he wants more crime! Justice isn’t even an afterthought!
It’s sad.
Soros is not long for this world…
He’s been looking dead now for at least a decade or so.
Farewell!
Prosecute Soros, and get it done!
Political donations (direct or indirect) should never be tax deductable. But, like term limits, Social Security, and healthcare, politicians will never seriously address these things.
W stood up at the voting booth. Now stand up with your wallets. Quit supporting the companies he invests heavily to use against us including:
ALPHABET INC
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
T-MOBILE
DISNEY
GENERAL MOTORS
WAYFAIR
SALESFORCE
ACCENTURE
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC
QUALCOMM INC
ARAMARK
AMAZON
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC
LIBERTY BROADBAND
NIKE
INTUIT
Includes QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Mint. In addition to its software business, Intuit also provides online banking services through its subsidiary, Credit Karma.
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY
ATLASSIAN CORPORATION
Includes JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and HipChat. Atlassian also owns several subsidiaries, including Trello and Statuspage.
MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
Including the T-Mobile Arena and the Park Theater
AIRBNB
ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOOR
ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC
OPENDOOR TECHNOLOGIES
Opendoor is a real estate platform that allows people to buy and sell homes online. The company offers various services, including home buying, selling, financing, and remodeling.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR
ILLUMINA INC
I personally think Soros is a domestic terrorist and should never have been allowed into our country after being forced to leave several European countries.
Given that, I think our government should not only expel him and his family but do so after fining him for the greater portion of his ill gotten wealth.
Law and order. It’s not complicated. Bust the criminals. Throw ’em in prison. Don’t let ’em out.
Many calls for legal action against Soros & son. However, only when the inner-city populations most affected by rogue prosecutors rise up will permanent change occur.