X owner Elon Musk slammed Democrat megadonor George Soros during an interview this week, saying that the things he supports are intentionally designed to break down humanity.
Musk made the remarks during two-and-a-half-hour appearance on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; on Tuesday while talking about politics.
&#8220;Everyone often hears of the sort of George Soros boogeyman,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;But I mean, Soros actually, you know, he is I believe the top contributor to the Democratic Party. The second one was Sam Bankman-Fried. And Soros, I don&#8217;t know, I mean, he had a very difficult upbringing. And in my opinion, he fundamentally hates humanity. That&#8217;s my opinion.&#8221;
&#8220;Really?&#8221; Rogan asked.
&#8220;Yeah. I mean, well, he&#8217;s doing things that erode the fabric of civilization. You know, getting DA&#8217;s elected who refuse to prosecute crime,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;That&#8217;s probably the problem in San Francisco and L.A. and a bunch of other cities. So why would you do that?
&#8220;I mean he&#8217;s pushing things in other countries too,&#8221; Musk continued. &#8220;Now, George at this point is pretty old. I mean, he&#8217;s not, he&#8217;s basically a bit senile at this point. But I mean, he is very smart. And he&#8217;s very good at arbitrage. You know, famously, he shorted the British pound. That&#8217;s sort of how I think he made his first money was shorting the pound. So he&#8217;s good at spotting, basically, arbitrage, like spotting value for money that other people don&#8217;t see.&#8221;
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&#8220;So one of the things he noticed was that the value of money in local races is much higher than it is in national races, the lowest value for money is a presidential race, then next lowest if money is a Senate race than a Congress,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;And then once you get to sort of city and state district attorneys, the value of money is extremely good. And Soros realized that you don&#8217;t actually need to change the laws. You just need to change how they&#8217;re enforced. If nobody chooses to enforce the law or that laws are differentially enforced, it&#8217;s like changing laws. That&#8217;s what he figured out.&#8221;
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WATCH: Elon Musk BLASTS George Soros: &quot;He fundamentally hates humanity. He is doing things that erode the fabric of civilization. You know, getting DAs elected that refuse to prosecute crime. That&#39;s part of the problem in San Francisco and LA.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/1FQvDV88nw">pic.twitter.com/1FQvDV88nw</a>
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Elon Musk Hammers George Soros During Joe Rogan Interview: ‘He Fundamentally Hates Humanity’

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The Open Society Foundations, a grantmaking network founded by billionaire George Soros, funds organizations that have publicly supported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> terrorism against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a>, according to a conservative watchdog group.
Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell and Vice President Dan Schneider wrote a <a href="https://cdn.mrc.org/static/pdfuploads/MRC%20Letter%20to%20Soros.pdf-1697135133216.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Soros and his son, Alex, who chairs Open Society, last week pointing out the foundation’s ties to pro-Hamas groups. The letter was exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire.
Hundreds of Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing more than 1,400 Israelis and wounding thousands more in the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust. The militants killed at least 30 Americans as well. Hamas is holding nearly 200 people hostage in Gaza, according to Israel&#8217;s military.
“‘Silence is complicity,’ President Biden told Jewish leaders on Wednesday. Those who hide in the shadows rather than publicly stand with Israel bear partial blame for the atrocities. In light of all of this, your silence is deafening,” the letter says.
The MRC letter went on to quote condemnations of Hamas from former U.S. presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.
“These forceful statements caused us to wonder how an organization like yours that claims to champion &#8216;democratic solutions&#8217; and advance ‘human dignity’ would go underground as Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, fights for its very survival. We then discovered the reason,” Bozell and Schneider wrote.
“Our preliminary investigation has already uncovered multiple pro-Hamas grantees funded by you and the Open Society Foundations. Millions and millions of your &#8216;charitable&#8217; dollars have flowed into these organizations, financing their filth,” they continued.
The MRC executives named seven groups that they said received donations from Open Society Foundations that also issued statements justifying Palestinian terrorism targeting Israel or spreading false claims about the Jewish state.
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The Middle East Children’s Alliance, for example, posted a message on October 8: “We are witnessing the people of Gaza rising up to respond to decades of Israeli settler colonial violence. The US govt bears responsibility for its political, economic &amp; military support of this brutal apartheid regime.”
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TODAY! We are witnessing the people of Gaza rising up to respond to decades of Israeli settler colonial violence. The US govt bears responsibility for its political, economic &amp; military support of this brutal apartheid regime. Join us to stand in solidarity with Palestine <a href="https://t.co/MIYlToiqvE">pic.twitter.com/MIYlToiqvE</a>
&mdash; MECA (@MECAForPeace) <a href="https://twitter.com/MECAForPeace/status/1711045146790273282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy posted on October 9: “As the international community is once again calling for [Israel’s] right to defend itself, we must remember who is the oppressor and who the oppressed.”
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As the international community is once again calling for IL right to defend itself, we must remember who is the oppressor and who the oppressed<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Resistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndTheOccupation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndTheOccupation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndIsraeliApartheid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndIsraeliApartheid</a> <a href="https://t.co/OMTlPO2tj9">https://t.co/OMTlPO2tj9</a>
&mdash; Rābet by PIPD #SaveMasaferYatta (@rabetbypipd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rabetbypipd/status/1711407411578212493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Given that your donations have gone straight into the bloodstream of those who seek to exterminate Jews and push Israel into the sea, it is clear that you have an even greater duty to purge yourselves of your transgressions,” the MRC letter says. “Therefore, we call on you to disclose each of your pro-Hamas grantees, publicly disavow every one of them, terminate all your funding to them, claw back previously-transferred donations, and end your war on Israel and the Jewish people worldwide.”

Watchdog Group: Soros’ Foundation Funds Pro-Hamas Orgs

Watchdog Group: Soros' Foundation Funds Pro-Hamas Orgs

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis revealed during Wednesday night&#8217;s Republican presidential primary debate that if elected he plans to use the U.S. Department of Justice to go after &#8220;all&#8221; woke district attorneys funded by Democratic megadonor George Soros.
DeSantis — who has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-throws-another-woke-soros-prosecutor-out-of-office">removed</a> two Soros district attorneys in the state of Florida — made the remarks while at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
<div class="dw-mm-player-container">&#8220;How do you think about dealing with the root causes of crime, especially this revolving door of the criminals that just get out and come back and commit another crime?&#8221; co-moderator Dana Perino asked.</div>
&#8220;Well, the crime in the cities is one of the strongest signs of the decaying of America, we can&#8217;t be successful as a country if people aren&#8217;t even safe to live in places like Los Angeles and San Francisco,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Just being in Southern California over the last couple of days, my wife and I have met three people who have been mugged on the street. And that would have never happened 10 or 20 years ago.&#8221;
DeSantis said that his administration backs law enforcement in the state and the result of that has been a 50-year low in crime in the state.
&#8220;And yes, when I had two progressive prosecutors that weren&#8217;t following the law in Florida, I removed them from their posts and the people of Florida are safer as a result of it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As President, I will use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against all of those Left-wing Soros funded prosecutors, we&#8217;re not going to let them get away with it anymore. We want to reverse this country&#8217;s decline. We need to choose law and order over rioting and disorder.&#8221;
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Ron DeSantis at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPdebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOPdebate</a>: &quot;As president, I will use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against all of those left-wing, Soros-funded prosecutors. We&#39;re not going to let them get away with it anymore.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/UtXbnfc9qY">pic.twitter.com/UtXbnfc9qY</a>
&mdash; Never Back Down (@NvrBackDown24) <a href="https://twitter.com/NvrBackDown24/status/1707211689085526500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Throughout my career, it’s become increasingly difficult to follow all the various things I get accused of being. Depending on what hour of the day it is, I may either be in the Illuminati or a Satanist. I’ve been accused of being tied to George Soros, in cahoots with Klaus Schwab, and connected to the World Economic Forum. I can’t even keep up with it all myself. There are people in this world — people even on the conservative side — who believe this nonsense. The problem with this is far bigger than there being false rumors circulating about me. The real problem is, people’s minds have been so bent, they distrust everything and everyone, and this mentality is hurting our cause.
For the record, I do not like George Soros. I believe he is an incredibly evil man. I have dedicated hours to trying to expose the ways in which he is using his money to corrupt the West. I believe he has an allegiance to the East, and I have questions about his childhood. His media arm has done numerous hit pieces on me from the very first time I appeared on the scene and they continue to do so, attempting to get me cancelled. Despite all these efforts, some people still believe I am somehow tied to George Soros. I was tagged in a picture with one of my best friends whose last name is Schwab, and I was immediately connected to Klaus Schwab — because, obviously, every person on the planet who has the last name Schwab must be related to Klaus Schwab. And because I was connected to Klaus Schwab, I was also related to the World Economic Forum and then also connected to George Soros.
Being accused of having a connection to Soros via the World Economic Forum via Schwab via my friend is not the first weird allegation that’s been made about me. Once, when I was filming my show with a studio audience, I paused in thought, looking to my left and folding my hands.
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I often look to the side when I’m thinking, and I’m very Talladega Nights, in the sense that I don’t know what to do with my hands. (But that, of course, would be too reasonable of a reason for that pose.) Someone grabbed a screenshot, and this image has been shared all over. According to this Tweet, what it actually means is that I’m a freemason deceiver shill, etc. 

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Clearly, I’m not vaccinated. I am very passionately against vaccines. I have an entire series dedicated to showing people vaccines have always been a scam for children. So getting pizza without a vaccine? Challenge accepted. We got someone to get us a whole pizza, and I took a picture to brag about managing to pull that off. Then suddenly the comments on Instagram had me somehow tied in with Pizzagate and the Clintons and then George Soros. Me. Candace Owens. I couldn’t even eat a slice of pizza trying to be funny to show how I skirted the law in New York City without people associating me with children being abused.
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What is happening now is that people who are on our side are no longer able to even see straight. And I understand the distrust. We have been lied to over and over again. There are huge questions that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-medias-cover-up-of-barack-obamas-alleged-illicit-gay-affairs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have not been answered</a>. But when people are only promoting the worst evils for every single person, that is not helping our cause. It’s hurting it. As an example, I do not support Ron DeSantis being the next president of the United States. I think he is a great governor, but I also think he’s fake and has too much donor money. But what I say about him has nothing to do with whether I like him or not. Yet now, people seem to think if they don’t like someone, they’re being fraudulent so they need to smear them.
Vivek Ramaswamy is facing this right now because, years ago, a scholarship he was awarded to go to law school came from Soros. But context matters — if you care about the truth — and he has <a href="https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/vivek-ramaswamy-slams-3-lies-presidential-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained this in great detail</a>. I applied for every single scholarship I could get my hands on. When my guidance counselor said scholarships would reduce costs, I applied, I wrote essays, and I had no idea where the scholarship money was coming from. My family couldn’t afford to put me through college, and I was trying to get money any way I could. Wise students try to get as much money as possible. It doesn’t make them fundamentally dishonest human beings who don’t deserve to be in the discourse of politics, as some have labeled Ramaswamy.
You don’t have to like Ramaswamy, Trump, DeSantis, or even me. But we all need to be meaningful and sincere in our critiques. Can we at least be honest? Can we be real? If I get attacked, people should at least know that a girl who came from absolutely nothing wouldn’t be in the Illuminati because the truth is, she just doesn’t know what to do with her hands when she’s thinking. People have moved from the red pill to the black pill and are no longer able to process reality whatsoever. They believe that everything and everyone is corrupt. Everything is a conspiracy theory. But we must be realistic.
The Left watches the media and believes it to be reality and can’t think on their own. In the same way we say the Left is demented because they believe absolutely everything, we have a small segment on the Right that is becoming equally as demented because they believe absolutely nothing. It’s opposite sides of the same coin.
The black pill is becoming dangerous. And we need to get real. Otherwise, we are just hurting our movement, our cause, and ourselves.
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The Illuminati, Pizzagate, Schwab, And Soros: Are The Rumors About Me True?

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Many people have warned me that talking about George Soros is dangerous. Others have told me that it is brave. If you comment on him on X, formerly Twitter, a whole network of blue checkmarks flood the replies saying you are anti-Semitic. But Soros does not really care that he is Jewish. He does not hold any allegiance to Jews. We need only to look where he spends his money. His financial records prove he is anti-Israel. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. 
In January, Matt Palumbo published an in-depth biography on Soros titled “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Behind-Curtain-Inside-Network/dp/163758332X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros</a>.” Palumbo joined me to discuss his book a few months ago because I wanted to learn more. Soros has been on my radar for a long time. It seems like every time something terrible happens, that “something” can be traced back to Soros’ dollars. I want to continue talking about what I am learning, what Palumbo shared with me, and what we need to be on the lookout for moving forward. 
Born to a Jewish family, Soros grew up in Hungary. During World War II, the Nazis set up Jewish councils in various countries to do their bidding against their own people. As Palumbo shared with me, some who participated were forced and others may have believed they would be spared from Nazi brutality. Soros was one of the children recruited into one of these councils. One of Soros’ assigned tasks was to help confiscate property of Jews living in his community. In what has become an infamous <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/60-minutes-george-soros/oclc/934520933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; episode</a>, Steve Kroft asks Soros about this experience: “That sounds like an experience that would send lots of people to the psychiatric couch for many, many years. Was it difficult?” Kroft was clearly giving Soros an out, a chance to express his regret, or perhaps his conviction, from having been involved. But without pausing, Soros vehemently shakes his head saying, “Not at all.” While smiling. Kroft had paved an easy path for Soros to gain sympathy from viewers, but Soros blew right past any chance of that.
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If Soros had been forced into this council in an attempt to survive as a child, we could all sympathize. But it was Soros’ response as an adult that is disturbing. The coldness of his response is unnerving. Not only was dehumanization apparently not difficult for Soros, but he also seemed to have no remorse. It is bizarre he did not identify what happened as horrific or comment on feeling sad. Instead, he nonchalantly and very plainly confirmed he did not feel guilt. His dad, Tivadar, even said in his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Masquerade-Incredible-George-Outsmarted-Gestapo/dp/1611450241">autobiography</a> “Masquerade: The Incredible True Story of How George Soros’ Father Outsmarted the Gestapo” that Soros seemed to have enjoyed participating with the Nazis. Needless to say, Soros is not a practicing Jew, nor is he welcome in his own home country. But Hungary is not the only country Soros is after. 
George Soros wants to see the end of America. It is clear he is fostering America’s demise — the evidence is everywhere, especially his wallet. He has spent millions to fund electing DAs into positions of power across America. More liberal officials mean more chaos, which the Left seems to love. Palumbo said in all his research, he was unable to find one rogue DA in any of Soros’ funded districts to show where crime went down. Soros is ensuring that criminals are turned loose to run free on the streets. He wants to see police defunded, and he consistently donates to these initiatives. But he is being smart about it. As Palumbo told me, he essentially funnels money through one cause to make it to another, like Black Lives Matter. So he is passing money through a chain, making it appear as though he is giving to one cause, when really, his money is making its way to another. He gives to organizations that support a plethora of leftist causes and relies on everyone’s financial stupidity not to recognize it. Then, as another safeguard, his network of fact-checkers can cover his tracks. He is connected to people at practically all the major media outlets. So, most articles defend him or reframe the story entirely. And how does he control them? He funds them. His fact-checkers protect him while anyone else is afraid to expose him — since anyone else’s reputation would stand a good chance of being destroyed. 
It is no mystery George Soros hates America. It is, however, a mystery as to why. Everything he is doing is forcing the Western hemisphere and America to spiral. He does nothing to help the Jewish people whose lives were ruined after the war. He does not give to Holocaust memorials. He does not support Israel. He obviously does not like the results that came from the war and believes it to have been an unrighteous ending. What does he believe should have happened post-World War II? Why does he have so much hatred for the people who liberated him? How could he spend his life having such contempt for Americans? 
The CIA and the FBI are apparently unconcerned. But I think we should all be wondering why. We should be concerned that the FBI is not looking at Soros. Instead of dissolving his work, they are helping maintain it. Perhaps it is not just the journalists, DAs, and fact-checkers under his thumb. 
If we connect the dots, we might wonder about his relationship with the CIA and FBI as well. 
George Soros is 92-years-old, but his legacy will live on. He is made sure of that. He has four sons and one daughter, but his son Alex is the one who will likely fill his father’s role. We can expect cities to be full of more crime, have more criminals wandering the streets, see more underhanded political dealings, and attempt more of the demise of America. We need to be keeping a close eye on this man — and his legacy. Soros is not going anywhere, but if it is up to him, America might be. 
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What You Need To Know About George Soros And Why It Matters

On Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a> became the first state to eliminate cash bail in a move celebrated by Democratic officials and criticized by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law enforcement</a>. 
After a lengthy legal battle, Illinois&#8217; Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today Act (SAFE-T Act) went into effect on Monday, meaning that meeting cash bail can no longer be a condition for release. Democrat officials argued that cash bail disproportionately impacted minorities and low-income people who have been arrested. 
“This bill, this law was worked on in conjunction with advocates – victims&#8217; rights advocates, domestic violence advocates, those who have been impacted by this system – who have seen people who have been able to pay their way out of jail and cause harm. This effort to detain those who hold a real threat to our public rather than detain those who are simply poor is the right thing to do,” <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-ends-cash-bail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Cook County District Attorney Kim Foxx, a George Soros-backed prosecutor who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecutor-torches-soros-backed-chicago-da-kim-foxx-in-resignation-letter-will-not-raise-my-son-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced criticism</a> over her approach to law enforcement in the Chicago area. 
In addition to abolishing cash bail, the SAFE-T Act “prevents the results of a risk assessment from being the sole basis for a detention decision and informs the accused person of the tool,” <a href="https://icjia.illinois.gov/researchhub/articles/the-2021-safe-t-act-icjia-roles-and-responsibilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. It was initially passed in January 2021, and Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an amended version in December 2022. 
The cash bail provision of the SAFE-T Act was first put on hold by the Illinois Supreme Court before it upheld the law in July, a decision criticized by the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police.
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&#8220;The court ignored the pleas of nearly every prosecutor in the state of Illinois, Democrat and Republican, that the elimination of cash bail will put dangerous criminals back on the street, instead of keeping them in jail or forcing them to post cash bail as they await trial. Many of those offenders will commit crimes again within hours of their release,&#8221; Illinois FOP State Lodge President Chris Southwood said after the decision was released. 
&#8220;And who will have to arrest those offenders again and again? The police officers whose jobs have been made immeasurably more difficult by all of the new anti-law enforcement measures that are in place,” he added. 
Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller decried the law&#8217;s implementation, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller/status/1703430503716507882" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> it would harm victims of crimes. 
“The left&#8217;s agenda is to Defund The Police, refuse to prosecute criminals, and release them from jail. Families deserve safe communities &amp; victims deserve justice!” she wrote on X.

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Virginia Democrats and Loudoun County&#8217;s George Soros-backed prosecutor are lashing out at Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/glenn-youngkin-grants-absolute-pardon-to-loudoun-dad-arrested-at-school-board-meeting">Sunday pardon of Scott Smith</a>, whose daughter was raped in school and who the prosecutor, Buta Biberaj, personally sought to put in jail.
Biberaj said Youngkin&#8217;s pardon &#8220;is an unprecedented and inappropriate intervention into an active legal case,&#8221; and said he was taking action &#8220;not for justice but for political gain.&#8221; Scott Surovell, the vice chairman of the Democrat Senate Caucus, said Youngkin&#8217;s pardon was an abandonment of &#8220;law and order&#8221; intended to &#8220;help his failing presidential ambitions.&#8221;
Smith was set to face his second trial this month for the crime of cursing at a leftist activist who said she didn&#8217;t believe his daughter was raped. Smith was arrested after a police officer grabbed him from behind as he was exchanging words with activist Jackie Schworm, leading to a televised tussle with police. But the resisting arrest charge was thrown out, meaning Smith was being prosecuted solely for an angry exchange of words.
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Gov. Youngkin is once again using Loudoun County for his political gain. My full statement below. <a href="https://t.co/fPYEksC93T">pic.twitter.com/fPYEksC93T</a>
&mdash; Buta Biberaj (@ButaBiberaj) <a href="https://twitter.com/ButaBiberaj/status/1700983375153205358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Despite Smith having committed no apparent crime, police apprehended him from behind, saying his body language suggested that it might escalate. They bloodied him and kneeled on his chest as he shouted, &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe.&#8221;
Youngkin&#8217;s pardon stated that his office determined Smith committed no crime, and called into question the &#8220;integrity of the prosecution.&#8221;
State Delegate Candi Mundon King, a black Democrat representing Stafford and Prince William Counties, said on X: &#8220;Didn&#8217;t law enforcement make these charges&#8230; Guess he doesn&#8217;t &#8216;Back the blue&#8217; as much as we thought.&#8221;
Biberaj ran on a platform lamenting &#8220;overincarceration&#8221; and has refused to prosecute many misdemeanors. Democrats, claiming to want to stop people from being arrested for minor crimes in schools, even passed a <a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB257=">law</a> that &#8220;Eliminates the requirement that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense.&#8221;
When it came to a parent whose lived experience posed a threat to Democrats&#8217; effort to pass a transgender bathroom policy, however, Biberaj personally took Smith&#8217;s case and sought jail time. He was denied a jury because it was a misdemeanor, and he was convicted. A judge threw out the resisting arrest charge after Smith appealed, and threw Biberaj off the case for apparent conflict of interest.
But the government kept fighting Smith, forcing him to head towards a second trial for disorderly conduct. A judge was brought out of retirement from neighboring, deep-blue Fairfax County who ruled that under the “peculiar” language of Virginia’s disorderly conduct statute, Smith arguably committed disorderly conduct by cursing at Schworm because it could “incite” her to violence—even though that interpretation would seemingly mean the leftist activist was guilty of the same crime.
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What kind of sick freak objects to pardoning a dad being charged for confronting the school board that covered up the anal rape of his daughter??? <a href="https://t.co/IRy5SYiz9r">https://t.co/IRy5SYiz9r</a>
&mdash; Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) <a href="https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1701230931921576175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Judge Howe Brown, who was brought out of retirement from deep-blue Fairfax County to hear the case, suggested Smith might have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-of-loudoun-rape-victim-dealt-another-blow-in-court-when-will-the-healing-begin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deserved to be assaulted</a> for calling the activist Schworm a &#8220;b&#8212;,&#8221; saying, “I think it incites her to violence. I think he was lucky he didn’t get slapped.&#8221;
Smith told The Daily Wire this week that Schworm had just spoken with his daughter, who was in line to speak into a megaphone, before making a beeline over to him to say she didn&#8217;t believe her story and that she would destroy his plumbing business by attacking it on social media.
&#8220;It&#8217;s obvious&#8221; that Schworm — a member of a Facebook group called <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-teachers-target-parents-critical-race-theory-hacking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun&#8221;</a> alongside Biberaj, and whose members plotted to destroy anyone who posed an obstacle to the transgender agenda in schools — intended to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/glenn-youngkin-grants-absolute-pardon-to-loudoun-dad-arrested-at-school-board-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevent the daughter from telling her story</a> to the world, Smith said.
Her efforts were initially successful, with Smith&#8217;s arrest being used by the Department of Justice and media organizations to paint conservatives as a threat to school boards. The reason for his anger at the school board was unknown until The Daily Wire revealed it five months later, after the rapist attacked a second girl. The rapist was later convicted, but was not placed on the registered sex offender list because of an error by Biberaj.
Smith told The Daily Wire the pardon was necessary because there was no assurance of justice &#8220;anywhere in counties that are run by radical prosecutors.&#8221;

Scott Smith at the Loudoun County Courthouse / The Daily Wire

Democrats Lash Out At Youngkin For Pardoning Father Of Loudoun Rape Victim

Loudoun County

Parental Rights in Education

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Virginia

A Leftist activist who is part of the “Loudoun Love Warriors,” a group that works closely with Democrat politicians in Virginia&#8217;s Loudoun County and has threatened members who challenge its policy goals, was arrested Friday for allegedly making violent threats, The Daily Wire has learned.
Derek Summers, a rapper who frequently poses with guns on social media, was arrested on Friday and &#8220;charged with a class five felony under Virginia law for making a threat against Oatlands, a historic property in Leesburg, Virginia,&#8221; according to a spokeswoman for the Loudoun County sheriff&#8217;s office, which was notified about the threat by the property.
In a video posted to his Facebook, Summers said he became enraged after seeing people having a &#8220;good time&#8221; at Oatlands, a historic site that dates back to <a href="https://oatlands.org/history-then-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">colonial times</a>, because there used to be slaves there.
“I actually like to go there to connect with my roots and see I don&#8217;t know, kind of bear witnesses,&#8221; Summer said. &#8220;If the place is going to be there, if they&#8217;re going to make it historical, then that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s there for. I don&#8217;t think it should be for people to sit and have a good time. There were people there enjoying themselves and that bothered me.&#8221;
Oatlands, a National Trust Historic Site, is now run by a nonprofit that offers it as a nature-filled park and educates people about its history, including telling the forgotten story of enslaved people who once toiled there.
Summers denied that he made any threats. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t threaten anyone and that will be that,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. He said in the Facebook video that after leaving Oatlands, he made an online post that referenced burning it down, but was not being literal. “I take extreme reservation with a plantation,” he said.
Oatlands CEO Caleb M. Schutz told The Daily Wire that he could not comment on an &#8220;ongoing case.&#8221;
Summers maintains ties with top officials in the county — in addition to a close relationship with far-Left prosecutor Buta Biberaj, Summers was once invited to the White House by the county&#8217;s top official, Chair Phyllis Randall, who he called his &#8220;biGG sistah&#8221; and a &#8220;friend.&#8221;
In May, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-prosecutors-staffer-dem-candidate-in-violence-tinged-group-that-plotted-against-conservative-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Summers was in a secret Facebook group with a campaign staffer for Biberaj named Andrew Pihonak, an aide to School Board Chair Ian Serotkin, a local reporter, and other Loudoun activists in which members made violent threats against political opponents.
“Someone gonna get hurt on their side and I hope I get to do it,” Summers wrote. “I’m sooo ready to show up with guns lol.”
After Pihonack falsely accused a conservative resident who spoke before the school board of threatening to drown gays, Summers plotted how to retaliate. “Reciprocation is our only move,&#8221; Summers said. &#8220;And I don’t care how that comes across … SOMETHING has to happen to one of them.”
“If he had said that s*** about black kids or autistic kids I would shoot him,” Summers added. “People get ended for less than that&#8230; They know I don’t care about jail or lawsuits.&#8221;
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<h1>Elicia Brand, who a Loudoun Love Warrior suggested should be “curb-stomped,” said the Love Warriors are so fixated about who wins races for sheriff and prosecutor because they believe that their candidates won’t enforce laws against them.</h1>
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The Loudoun County Democratic Committee disavowed the Loudon Love Warriors, but not the county&#8217;s prosecutor, Buta Biberaj.
On June 6 she wrote to Sheriff Mike Chapman, a Republican, instructing him to investigate a <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-love-warriors-sheriff-investigation-billboards-buta-biberaj-phyllis-randall-commonwealths-attorney-board-facebook-group-social-media-threats-parents-accuracy-in-media-adam-guillette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservative group that criticized</a> the Loudoun Love Warriors by renting billboard trucks with quotes from their members. &#8220;I have been contacted by several members of the Loudoun community who have expressed fear and concern about being harassed and intimidated,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Please assign a member of your team to investigate this matter so as to prevent any unlawfulness.&#8221; She cited two states in the Virginia code, both of which appear to be civil statutes that did not apply.
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On June 20, Summers and other Loudoun Love Warriors made up a sizable portion of the volunteers at her victory party after winning the Democrat primary.
Biberaj did not return a request for comment on whether she will prosecute Summers, or recuse herself from the case due to conflict of interest. After she recused from another case involving school board politics, it was assigned to a fellow Soros prosecutor from a different jurisdiction, who dropped it.
Summers in the Facebook video presented himself as legally untouchable, boasting about all the times legal efforts against him have failed.
“I spent about 3.5 hours in custody yesterday, I&#8217;m out on PR bond right now. My lawyer&#8217;s about to go 3-0 this year,” he said.
That’s a reference to the time a Left-wing Loudoun judge <a href="https://www.loudountimes.com/news/education/loudoun-love-warriors-chat-group-informant-denied-protection-order-against-group-member/article_78ace610-2033-11ee-8b43-af5f2ce402b5.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> a request for a protective order filed by a conservative mom. Summers testified in that matter that although he called her a “cracker,” he didn’t mean it as a racial slur.
In a video soon after, Summers laughed at the idea that he was not a dangerous person, and about the audacity of his testimony in court. “I was talking about beating the case because I don’t be dangerous and don’t be around dangerous people (hahahah) I’m ‘bout to crack me a whole cracker today,” he said.
“I called this lady a cracker in court and then this super crackified lawyer said you throw racial slurs around… he said ‘did you call her a cracker?’ and I said ‘no’ and he was stuck because I literally just called her one in front of everyone,” he said.
“He said ‘what would you do if someone called you racial slurs?’ and I said ‘are you trying to imply that cracker is anywhere near as bad as the n-word?’ and he looked up at the black female judge whose dreadlocks are a little longer than mine,” he said.
In another video, he recounted interacting with five police officers in July after he attempted to fight a man because “the day of the hate-filled privileged cis male, add all that Christian white male whatever, is over with.” He said the man “consented” to a fight by crossing the street.
He said that it is important to replace Sheriff Chapman with Craig Buckley, a Democrat candidate for sheriff whose campaign consultant was also a member of the Love Warriors. “We about to get Chapman out of here, we about to get a real solid individual, an actual human being in office,” Summers said.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares had proposed a bill giving his office powers to step in and prosecute cases that local prosecutors would not, but it was killed by the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Victoria LaCivita, a spokeswoman forMiyares, told The Daily Wire that Miyares is &#8220;concerned for the integrity of the justice system,&#8221; and said that Buteraj should recuse herself from the case.
&#8220;An elected Commonwealth’s Attorney should not use her position to shield her political allies from prosecution while at the same time using her position to pursue her political adversaries,&#8221; LaCivita said. &#8220;The law in Virginia is clear, that when a Commonwealth’s Attorney has a relationship with an accused that makes it improper for him or her to act, the Commonwealth’s Attorney should recuse himself or herself and I call on the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney to do so immediately.”
Elicia Brand, a conservative mother who a Loudoun Love Warrior suggested should be “curb-stomped,” said the reason the Loudoun Love Warriors are so fixated about who wins races for sheriff and prosecutor is because they believe that their candidates won’t enforce laws against them.
“He just keeps getting away with it. And it’s because of people like Buta who allow these people to act with impunity and they get more and more brazen until one day they hurt someone,” she told The Daily Wire. “It&#8217;s disheartening to see how his close ties to Buta and Randall may be influencing the course of justice.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-prosecutors-staffer-dem-candidate-in-violence-tinged-group-that-plotted-against-conservative-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soros Prosecutor’s Staffer, Dem Candidate In Violence-Tinged Group That Plotted Against Conservative Parents</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/northern-virginia-leftists-secretly-plotted-to-guard-democrats-from-trans-rape-fallout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Leftists Secretly Plotted To Guard Democrats From Trans Rape Fallout</a>

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Leftist Activist Arrested In Loudoun County After Threatening To Burn Down Historic Site, Sheriff Says

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The chief justice of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> Supreme Court has said its liberal justices are staging &#8220;an unprecedented coup” and destroying the state’s constitution ahead of a key term that could deliver decisions on voter integrity measures and abortion. 
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-liberals-conservative-chief-justice-81d040f7a59c210c8ba2a4c8007834b5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> the actions of the new liberal 4-3 court majority, taking aim at them for terminating a longstanding court director. The liberal justices fired Randy Koschnick as soon as the court official flipped earlier this month. The court director is the top non-judicial officer in the state court system. 
“You are making a mess of the judiciary, the court and the institution for years to come,” Ziegler said in an email obtained by the Associated Press. “This must stop. &#8230; I have no confidence in the recent hostile takeover and the chaotic effect it has had on the court, staff, and the overall stable functioning of the courts.”
The emails from Ziegler were sent to the other six justices and interim state court director Audrey Skwierawsk, whom the liberal judges handpicked. According to <a href="https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/rules/chap70.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin law</a>, the court director is supposed to &#8220;be hired by and serve at the pleasure of the supreme court, under the direction of the chief justice.&#8221;
In the emails, Ziegler said that Skwierawsk was signing court orders in Ziegler’s name without authorization.
“It has come to my attention that you have been signing my reserve judge orders without my knowledge or approval,” Ziegler said. “You never asked me for permission. You do not have my permission. Stop. These orders are in my name. You have no lawful authority to sign them. If you have signed anything else under my name, please advise immediately.”
The liberal judges also moved to shift judicial work from Ziegler to a committee. Ziegler said they were undermining the court. 
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“Again, I will not condone such lawless destruction of the constitution, the judiciary, or the court,” Ziegler wrote. “This is nothing short of an unprecedented coup. For 40 years, the role of the Chief Justice has been understood and respected. Your short term goals will cause long term, irreparable damage to the judiciary. What a historical disgrace.”
Judge Rebecca Dallet said that liberals on the court were acting within their constitutional duties. 
“We are simply creating process so that a majority of the court can effectively work in the face of an intransigent and uncollegial chief who apparently insists on a public debate about issues for political purposes, rather than allow a court majority to function as it always has,” Dallet said. 
The disagreements on the court come after liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liberal-wisconsin-judge-wins-supreme-court-race-flips-balance-of-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soundly defeated</a> conservative-backed candidate Dan Kelly in April, flipping the control of the court to liberal judges for the first time in 15 years. 
Protasiewicz was <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/03/28/soros-pritzker-and-uihleins-pour-millions-into-supreme-court-race/70055900007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed</a> by leftwing billionaire George Soros, Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and many celebrities, including actor Mark Ruffalo and director Steven Spielberg. Total spending in the race exceeded $40 million, an astronomical amount compared to previous years when total spending was only around $10 million.

Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s election to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court gives liberals a 4-3 majority on the court.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Says Liberal Justices Staging ‘Coup,’ Destroying Constitution

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Wisconsin

The investment firm run by liberal billionaire George Soros was a major investor in a now-bankrupt electric bus company that was heralded by the Biden administration as the future of green transit, and lost as much as $105 million in the two years since the company went public, according to a Daily Wire analysis.
Soros Fund Management was one of the earliest investors in Proterra — when the company went public in June 2021 the fund owned 7.75 million shares of the company, an investment worth over $132 million dollars, according to legally required quarterly disclosures. The stock price of the electric bus company has only fallen since then, and while Soros initially bought an additional 220,000 shares of the company in the final quarter of 2021, he offloaded shares in every quarter since as news of the company&#8217;s shortcomings spooked investors.
An analysis of the firm’s <a href="https://stockcircle.com/portfolio/george-soros/ptra/transactions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">position in Proterra</a> based on quarterly disclosures since June 2021 found that Soros already lost up to $105 million on Proterra entering the current quarter, during which the company <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-firm-proterra-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2023-08-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a>. Even if the fund managed to sell off stock at its highest price each quarter, it would have lost over $68 million, the analysis found.
The liberal billionaire and Democrat Party financier&#8217;s bet on Proterra appeared promising in its early stage. The company received significant support from the Biden administration, with the president taking a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lCHaPSW7s&amp;t=906s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tour</a> of one of Proterra&#8217;s electric battery facilities in April 2021, and declaring that companies like Proterra were going to help the United States &#8220;own the future.&#8221; The tour came in the wake of Biden’s $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan, which included a <a href="https://time.com/6117544/electric-school-buses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$5 billion allocation</a> towards electric school buses, one of Proterra’s main products.
The infrastructure plan wasn’t the only piece of legislation that the company stood to gain from. Proterra’s Chief Legal Officer JoAnn Covington <a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/buckle-up-climate-law-to-turbocharge-sales-of-electric-trucks-and-buses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the Inflation Reduction Act would also benefit the company through tax credits and new funding sources for electrical vehicle manufacturers. She also stated that the law will ​&#8221;open up opportunities to accelerate adoption of battery-electric and zero-emissions vehicles to all the other commercial segments on the cusp of being electrified.&#8221;
Biden later went on to <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/28/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-18/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appoint</a> Proterra CEO Gareth Joyce to the President’s Export Council, which advises the President on international trade, in February 2023. But the ties between the administration and Proterra run even deeper.
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm previously sat on the board of Proterra and held up to $5 million in stock options in the corporation, prompting U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to <a href="https://www.energy.senate.gov/2021/4/barrasso-requests-inspector-general-review-of-secretary-granholm-s-investments-in-electric-bus-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request a review</a> of a potential conflict of interest in a letter sent to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Energy. She divested from her stake in the company in May 2021 amid the concerns — a financially fortunate turn of events given its complete collapse. Granholm is facing calls from conservative groups to <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/conservatives-resignation-jennifer-granholm-apparent-ethics-violations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a> due to “ethical lapses” regarding the investment.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) compared the administration’s promotion of the company to the Obama administration’s Solyndra scandal, and predicted that the company could turn out to be an even &#8220;worse&#8221; investment.
&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decision to heavily promote a business where his energy secretary holds a multimillion-dollar stake has all the potential to be even worse than Solyndra,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/worse-than-solyndra-republicans-press-for-information-on-biden-admins-favorite-electric-battery-company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in April 2021.
The company&#8217;s collapse came as its buses failed to perform across the country. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for example, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/report-philadelphias-proterra-fleet-in-complete-shambles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$24 million worth of Proterra buses</a> were taken off the road after it was discovered that their electric batteries didn&#8217;t provide enough power for the buses to complete their routes. The heavy batteries were also reportedly cracking the bus chassis, leading to safety concerns. Another one of Philadelphia&#8217;s Proterra buses <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-proterra-electric-bus-battery-fire-philadelphia-20221111.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught on fire</a> in November 2022 — fires have also occurred on the company&#8217;s electric buses in <a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/ct-ev-bus-fire-lithium-battery-ntsb-report-18206381.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connecticut</a>, and <a href="https://protectpublicstrust.org/in-the-news/report-bus-fire-causes-california-agency-to-consider-retiring-electric-buses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>.
It is unclear whether Soros&#8217; firm still owns any Proterra stock, which at the time of this writing is <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PTRA/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">valued at just 8 cents a share</a>. The firm&#8217;s <a href="https://whalewisdom.com/filer/soros-fund-management-llc#tabholdings_tab_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent filing</a> shows that it still owned 2.3 million shares at the end of June, when the company was trading at $1.20 a share. At its current price, the once-promising investment would be worth just about $200,000.
Proterra is now facing mounting shareholder lawsuits, which <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/shareholder-alert-the-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-of-proterra-inc-of-a-class-action-lawsuit-and-a-lead-plaintiff-deadline-of-september-12-2023-nasdaq-ptra-c79e8f15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allege</a> that the company “made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose” financial information that affected share prices.
Soros Fund Management did not respond to a request for comment.

Soros Firm Lost Up To $105 Million On Now-Bankrupt Green Energy Firm Boosted By Biden

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Electric cars

electric vehicles

Monique Worrell lashed out on Wednesday morning after Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis suspended her from office as state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit for dereliction of duty and incompetence.
DeSantis said that Worrell, who was <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2020/08/16/group-with-ties-to-billionaire-george-soros-spends-15-million-on-last-minute-ads-in-orange-osceola-state-attorney-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed</a> by a group tied to Democrat billionaire George Soros, has allowed murderers, other violent offenders, and dangerous drug traffickers to receive extremely reduced sentences and escape the full consequences of their criminal conduct.
The policies and practices mentioned in the executive order that led to her suspension include avoiding minimum mandatory sentences for gun crimes, avoiding minimum mandatory sentences for drug trafficking offenses, allowing juvenile offenders to avoid serious charges and incarceration altogether, avoiding valid and applicable sentencing enhancements, limiting charges for child pornography, and seeking withhold of adjudication in situations not permitted under Florida law.
Worrell said at a press conference following her suspension that her office did &#8220;things unconventionally&#8221; and claimed that DeSantis was a &#8220;dictator&#8221; who has implemented &#8220;tyranny&#8221; and has &#8220;single handedly destroyed democracy in the state of Florida.&#8221;
Worrell said that while her legal team is prepared to fight her suspension through the legal system but did not believe that she would be successful because &#8220;the courts have been assembled by the governor, the legislature has a super majority in favor of the governor.&#8221;
&#8220;Along with me, two of my deputy chief assistants have been fired,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This should not happen in a democracy.&#8221;
Worrell said that the fact that DeSantis suspended her the day before school starts was &#8220;evil&#8221; because she has kids.
She also attacked law enforcement for giving DeSantis the information he needed to remove her from office, claiming they wanted her removed because she held them accountable.
Worrell said she had &#8220;uncovered just the tip of the iceberg&#8221; within law enforcement when she was suspended, and that&#8217;s why her deputy chief was fired.
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DeSantis’s office listed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-throws-another-woke-soros-prosecutor-out-of-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">numerous instances</a> of the “more egregious results of her policies or practices in action.” Some of the examples included:
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<li>“Just this past weekend, Worrell was at the center of a major controversy. Daton Viel was arrested in March 2023 for sexual battery on a minor, as well as Lewd and Lascivious Molestation. That arrest was made while Viel was on probation for another offense – that probation began in February 2023. Viel was still let out on bond and thereafter shot two Orlando Police Officers.”</li>
<li>“In November 2022, 17-year-old Lorenzo Larry shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend, De’Shayla Ferguson. Larry had previously been arrested in May 2022 on several charges, including carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm on school property, and criminal possession of a firearm by a minor. But he was released after all these arrests. Worrell’s office did not act on any of these charges until after he killed his girlfriend and their unborn child.”</li>
<li>“In February 2023, 19-year-old Keith Moses shot and killed a cameraman and a 9-year-old girl. He had a long history of arrests as a juvenile, including aggravated battery, assault, and grand theft. As recently as November 2021, he was arrested for drug possession, but no charges were pursued.”</li>
<li>“In October 2022, a minor was arrested on first-degree murder charges with a firearm. The shooting was captured on video. One month later, Worrell’s office inexplicably filed a petition to reduce the charge to firearm possession. He was placed on probation.”</li>
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday morning that he has suspended Monique Worrell, State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, for dereliction of duty and incompetence.
DeSantis said that Worrell, who was <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2020/08/16/group-with-ties-to-billionaire-george-soros-spends-15-million-on-last-minute-ads-in-orange-osceola-state-attorney-race/">backed</a> by a group tied to Democrat billionaire George Soros, has allowed murderers, other violent offenders, and dangerous drug traffickers to receive extremely reduced sentences and escape the full consequences of their criminal conduct.
The policies and practices mentioned in the executive order that led to her suspension include Avoiding Minimum Mandatory Sentences for Gun Crimes, Avoiding Minimum Mandatory Sentences for Drug Trafficking Offenses, Allowing Juvenile Offenders to Avoid Serious Charges and Incarceration Altogether, Avoiding Valid and Applicable Sentencing Enhancements, Limiting Charges for Child Pornography, and Seeking Withhold of Adjudication in Situations Not Permitted Under Florida Law.
DeSantis&#8217;s office listed numerous instances of the “more egregious results of her policies or practices in action.” Some of the examples included:
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Just this past weekend, Worrell was at the center of a major controversy. Daton Viel was arrested in March 2023 for sexual battery on a minor, as well as Lewd and Lascivious Molestation. That arrest was made while Viel was on probation for another offense &#8211; that probation began in February 2023. Viel was still let out on bond and thereafter shot two Orlando Police Officers.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;In November 2022, 17-year-old Lorenzo Larry shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend, De&#8217;Shayla Ferguson. Larry had previously been arrested in May 2022 on several charges, including carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm on school property, and criminal possession of a firearm by a minor. But he was released after all these arrests. Worrell&#8217;s office did not act on any of these charges until after he killed his girlfriend and their unborn child.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;In February 2023, 19-year-old Keith Moses shot and killed a cameraman and a 9-year-old girl. He had a long history of arrests as a juvenile, including aggravated battery, assault, and grand theft. As recently as November 2021, he was arrested for drug possession, but no charges were pursued.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;In October 2022, a minor was arrested on first-degree murder charges with a firearm. The shooting was captured on video. One month later, Worrell&#8217;s office inexplicably filed a petition to reduce the charge to firearm possession. He was placed on probation.&#8221;</li>
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The governor said at a press conference that he was appointing Judge Andrew Bain to take over Worrell&#8217;s duties as State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
The move by DeSantis comes almost exactly one year after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-backed-prosecutor-removed-by-desantis-im-going-to-continue-to-serve-in-this-position">removed</a> another woke Soros prosecutor, State Attorney Andrew Warren of the 13th Judicial Circuit, from office.
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