A progressive public defender who was on the outs with Seattle’s law enforcement and the district attorney over her advocacy for police reform isn’t normally the type of person conservatives would select as a partner. In fact, she was called “the devil” in a 2007 police union newsletter.

Add to the mix $2.8 million in funding from George Soros and the Ford Foundation for a public safety program while crime surged, and you have the makings of deep division between the Right and the Left.