Ep. 673 - Pennsylvania conservatives are trying to remove Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner from office

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

I need you to understand what's happening right now. It's VERY disturbing. Last year Philadelphia's DA, Larry Krasner, won his reelection bid with a blowout victory of nearly 70% of the vote - making him one of the single most popular elected officials in the city.

But conservatives HATE Larry. They always have. He has exonerated so many people and is holding corrupt cops accountable and they can't stand him for it. And in spite of Larry having impeccable integrity - and breaking no laws - they are doing everything they can to remove him from office.

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0:20.9	Right now in Pennsylvania, something deeply troubling, very problematic is happening right
0:27.6	under our nose.
0:29.7	One of Philadelphia's district attorney, Larry Krasner, one reelection.
0:34.3	He is now a two-term district attorney, one reelection with nearly 70% of the vote.
0:41.2	A complete master class blow out a landslide victory.
0:47.8	Pennsylvania politicians, most of them who do not live in Philadelphia, are now trying
0:54.4	to overturn that election.
0:57.3	It is concerning.
0:59.4	They are doing everything they can to overturn the will of a majority black voting base for
1:05.1	Larry Krasner.
1:06.9	And we need to do everything that we can to step up and support him.
1:11.8	Let me unpack and explain what's going on.
1:13.9	Mr. Sean King and you're listening to The Breakdown.
1:35.2	Larry Krasner may very well be the single most popular politician or elected official in
1:42.4	Philadelphia.
1:44.2	When you win nearly 70% of a citywide vote, you have the support of the people.
1:51.1	And when Larry won reelection as Philadelphia's district attorney, the final result was not
1:58.2	even close.
2:00.5	And that's because people still believe in Larry and still support Larry, even though, and
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