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Chesa “Street Poop” Boudin Gets Wiped Out By San Francisco

Two important takeaways from the short-lived but massively damaging experiment that was Chesa Boudin’s time in office.

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Jun 08, 2022
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It turns out that even the residents of the Left-wing haven that is San Francisco have their limits, voting to recall George Soros-backed District Attorney Chesa Boudin after only a few years — and countless piles of street poop — in office.

Under Boudin’s radical policies — which included “reforming” the criminal justice system by decriminalizing crime — San Francisco became one of the nation’s centers of Leftist chaos. Not only did the homicide rate increase by 37% under Boudin’s leadership, all other forms of crime became a daily reality for the city’s residents. Open drug use, car break-ins, and robberies became the norm, with Boudin’s policies fueling the fire.

As he goes back to the drawing board to decide what’s next in his career — perhaps a contributor spot at MSNBC? — there are two important takeaways from the short-lived but massively damaging experiment that was Chesa Boudin’s time in office.

1) Who could have seen this coming?

The unabashed radicalism of Chesa Boudin is about as surprising as Nancy Pelosi making a lucky stock pick.

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