Soros acknowledged in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday that crime was on the rise around the country, yet he announced it couldn't be attributed to the policies championed by liberal prosecutors that he has invested more than $40 million during the past decade to help elect.
"Some politicians and pundits have tried to blame recent spikes in crime on the policies of reform-minded prosecutors," Soros announced. "The research I’ve seen says otherwise. The most rigorous academic study, analyzing data across 35 jurisdictions, shows no connection between the election of reform-minded prosecutors and local crime rates."
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Soros did not specify the study or research he was referring to. Soros-backed prosecutors have advocated criminal justice reforms like ending cash bail and declining prosecution of low-level offenses.
The liberal financier announced violent crime has risen more in jurisdictions without "reform-minded prosecutors" and has been increasing the fastest "in some Republican states led by tough-on-crime politicians."
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"Serious scholars researching causes behind the recent increase in crime have pointed to other factors: a disturbing rise in mental illness among young people due to the isolation imposed by Covid lockdowns, a pullback in policing in the wake of public criminal-justice reform protests, and increases in gun trafficking," Soros wrote. "Many of the same people who call for more-punitive criminal-justice policies also support looser gun laws."
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Soros continued that he has no intention of slowing down his financial backing of liberal prosecutors.
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"In recent years, reform-minded prosecutors and other law-enforcement officials around the country have been coalescing around an agenda that promises to be more effective and just," Soros announced. "This agenda includes prioritizing the resources of the criminal-justice system to protect people against violent crime. It urges that we treat drug addiction as a disease, not a crime. And it seeks to end the criminalization of poverty and mental illness."
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"This agenda, aiming at both safety and justice, is based on both common sense and evidence," he went on. "It’s popular. It’s effective. The goal is not defunding the police but restoring trust between the police and the policed, a partnership that fosters the solving of crimes."
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"The funds I provide enable sensible reform-minded candidates to receive a hearing from the public," Soros summed up. "Judging by the results, the public likes what it’s hearing."
Contrary to Soros's allegations, many prosecutors that he assisted in electing have overseen massive crime waves under their watch and have lost the support of their constituents.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, who got $4.7 million from a Soros-funded political action committee, saw a 46% increase in homicides in his city throughout his first year in office, the Washington Examiner reported.
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