OPINION:
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, told Newsmax in a recent interview that she had asked House Oversight Chairman James Comer to subpoena billionaire George Soros to demand he answer questions about election interference. Good. About time.
This is better than bringing in Anthony Fauci. For far too long Soros has been spending his billions on slinging local elections his progressive-slash-socialist way.
The local judicial system in many jurisdictions is completely whacked due to Soros money.
“This is something that’s been well overdue,” the lawmaker told Newsmax host Chris Salcedo.
Yes.
Soros has spent $50 million or more to bring his pet prosecutorial candidates to office in the last decade — and the chaos that’s come has been overwhelming.
“These district attorneys,” reported the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund in 2024, “represent over 70 million people or more than 1 in 5 Americans, [and] often pursue pro-criminal and anti-police policies.”
They’re in Orlando and Minneapolis; in Durham and Des Moines; Savannah and Portland; Dallas and Memphis and San Antonio and St. Louis. They’re in Los Angeles, today’s current city of fire and mayhem. The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund names them — but in many instances, Americans already know them well. They’re the ones who jumped in big with Democrats to prosecute Donald Trump to keep him from winning the presidency. They’re the ones who use their prosecutorial discretion to ram Soros Justice Reform down the throats of their community citizens and court members. That’s the justice reform that’s based on skin color; the one that says minorities, no matter what crimes they commit, are too harshly treated by the law and ought to be freed from prison and free to commit more crimes.
As Heritage Foundation wrote, “George Soros’s Prosecutors Wage War on Law and Order.” How do they do it? By watering down definitions of crime.
“Once these [Soros-funded] candidates get elected,” Heritage wrote, “they engage in prosecutorial nullification by refusing to prosecute entire categories of crimes, watering down felonies, refusing to ask for bail and refusing to prosecute violent juveniles as adults.”
And the result?
It’s predictable.
“Of course, violence crime rates often explode in their cities,” Heritage wrote.
It’s oh so predictable.
And examples abound.
“George Gascon of Los Angeles, Chesa Boudin of San Francisco, Kim Foxx of Chicago, Kim Gardner of St. Louis, Rachael Rollins of Boston and Marilyn Mosby of Baltimore … each turned out to be a disaster once they were elected district attorney,” Heritage with the exception of Gascon (who couldn’t because of civil service protections for his deputies), all of these DAs either fired career prosecutors once they assume office or created such a toxic, anti-prosecutorial atmosphere in the office that law-and-order prosecutors left in droves.”
It’s hard to be a law enforcement official when the bosses refuse to enforce law.
Before Soros got involved, these local district attorney races were low key, low cost and drew low interest. They were also largely local contests; few drew national attention.
Now? Nowadays?
Now: “National groups flooding local prosecutor races with money,” WCNC.com reported in 2022.
From the story: “A local district attorney’s race in Maine wasn’t generating much attention until a political action committee linked to a deep-pocketed liberal donor with international name recognition suddenly took an interest. A super PAC funded by George Soros, the billionaire investor … dropped $300,000 on behalf of the challenger, dwarfing the $70,000 combined that had been raised by both candidates until then.”
That’s a stunning figure for a small-town race.
That’s a stunning out-of-state campaign contribution for an office that simply serves the local community. It’s not as if Soros was going to be affected by the outcome of that prosecutor’s race — or of any of the prosecutors’ races his PACs have funded.
He should address these points to the American people.
And Democrats, much as they say they hate billionaires and big money in politics, ought to be just as eager as Republicans to subpoena Soros so he can explain.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by clicking HERE. Her latest book, “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths,” is available by clicking HERE.
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