A perfect symbol to show how far-left and crazy the Democratic Party has become is that it was an attack line in Thursday night’s debate to say someone was a prosecutor.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, in defending himself from unfair attacks on his record on racial issues by Kamala Harris, the California senator, tried attacking back as follows: “If we want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights, whether I did or not, I’m happy to do that. I was a public defender. I didn’t become a prosecutor. I left a good firm to become a public defender.”
The assumption was that being a prosecutor is a bad thing. Apparently, for this primary electorate, that assumption may be correct. And the lack of media surprise at this as a counterpunch also indicates that a prosecutorial background is a liability in today’s Democratic Party.
This is nuts.
In general, prosecutors are the “good guys.” They make sure bad guys, indeed sometimes truly awful people, go to prison. Speaking of which, in this racial context, it’s worth mentioning that the awful people I refer to here disproportionately victimize immigrant and minority communities, as all of our crime statistics show.
I’ll be the first to criticize prosecutors who act abusively. And I believe there’s majority support for penalties short of imprisonment for low-level offenders. But bad prosecutors are the exception, not the rule. And the role of prosecutor, per se, is a noble role.
The U.S. criminal justice system provides all sorts of protections for accused defendants and even provides for those obviously, unambiguously guilty of horrible crimes to be released anyway due to technicalities or even alleged, but disputed, procedural mistakes. Prosecutors have lots of power, but they also face lots of hurdles, all in order to help protect our citizens from dangerous criminals.
Frankly, Harris’ background as a prosecutor is almost the only thing that recommends her as a candidate, given her extremism, her personal sleaziness, and her proclivity for cheap shots at honorable opponents. Whether she was a good prosecutor or a bad one is another question, but the job itself should be an asset, not a liability.
Good, honest prosecutors are heroes. Period. If the Democratic candidates and Democratic primary voters believe otherwise, they are too radical to be entrusted with any power, much less with the sacred duty to uphold our Constitution and duly enacted laws.
