Soros-funded Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Thursday

Published August 31, 2026 8:24am ET | Updated August 31, 2026 9:48am ET



Last week, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner made some explosive comments about his anticipated future destruction of the White House ballroom currently under construction. In a rather concerning and unhinged rant at a press conference at the slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Philadelphia’s Independence Mall last Thursday, Krasner said he looked forward to the day the ballroom would be blown up in a future official ceremony. Krasner bragged that he would keep a piece of the destruction as a “paperweight” on his desk.

The Soros-funded district attorney, who was in office when Philadelphia broke a record for the number of homicides in a year in 2021, the highest total in the city’s 339-year history, was euphoric over his remarks. But as explosive as Krasner’s comments were, they paled in comparison to the lesser-reported comments made by U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond, on the very same day, who suggested Krasner might have violated multiple laws. A radical left-wing district attorney exhibiting signs of Trump derangement syndrome is, sadly, nothing new in today’s political discourse. Hints of accusation of that radical left-wing district attorney engaging in wrongdoing, that might be unethical and possibly criminal, that’s another thing entirely.

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