San Francisco DA dumped, blames everything but his lax policies

Intolerably rising crime rates proved to be his undoing

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, whose lenient policies led to his defeat in a recall election, claimed he was taken out by voters due economic hardship brought on by the pandemic — slickly glossing over the realities of the city’s staggering crime rate.  He also blamed conservatives. Leftist NBC called this disconnected prosecutor a “reformist.”

“People are angry, they’re frustrated, and I want to be very clear about what happened, he said as the votes came in. The right-wing billionaires outspent us three to one, they exploited an environment in which people are appropriately upset, and they created an electoral dynamic where we were literally shadowboxing,” Boudin whined. “Voters were not given an opportunity to choose between criminal justice reform and something else. They were given an opportunity to voice their frustrations and their outrage and they took that opportunity.”

Using the royal “we,” to obscure his responsibility, Boudin said of his tenure in office, “We’ve made mistakes,” without specifying what those mistakes are. The California Globe was far more forthright, describing how criminals have become more brazen under his ‘decarceration’ policies. Be sure to read the complete report.

Boudin must vacate office no later than 10 days after Tuesday’s election is certified. At that point, a successor chosen by democrat Mayor London Breed will assume office. Play that out to its likely conclusion. Under her administration thieves who steal less than $950 worth of merchandise are no longer jailed.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon should be feeling the heat, since his policies mirror Boudin’s. Crime is on the rise as felonies go unpunished under the guise of “criminal justice reform.” Arizonan’s are well acquainted with Gascon’s radical policies when he was police chief in Mesa. 

And Chesa Boudin? His background is steeped in radicalism. His parents were members of the Weather Underground terrorist group. When they were incarcerated, with long prison terms, young Boudin was raised by their cohorts.

The Heritage Foundation recently ran this exposé, “Rogue Prosecutors Gascon and Boudin Panicking Over Recall Elections.”