The prison-abolitionist Left can’t even win in Queens

Published August 7, 2019 7:35pm ET



Six weeks after an election day celebrated by the national news media, Tiffany Cabán has finally conceded the Democratic primary race for District Attorney of Queens County.

Cabán’s candidacy became a cause célèbre among the country’s top Democrats, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren all emphatically endorsing her first-time bid for public office. Yet despite the national celebrity, Queens Borough president and career Democrat Melinda Katz won.

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