Philadelphia City & County DA Lawrence Krasner is shown. (Matthew Hatcher/Reuters)
Meuser condemned Krasner for repeatedly failing to prosecute actual violent criminals, citing a reported prosecution rate of 30% for such crimes.
"Every responsible Democrat must condemn this behavior. Failure to do so only increases the temperature in an already volatile situation, endangering federal law enforcement and communities alike," he said, adding that Senate Democrats are borrowing Krasner’s "reckless political playbook" in using DHS funding as a cudgel in government-shutdown negotiations.
Meuser quipped that many critics rightly dub Krasner "Let ‘Em Go Larry" for his position toward prosecution of suspects who aren’t members of federal immigration enforcement.
Meuser has been at the forefront of holding prosecutors accountable for their actions and statements, authoring the Holding Prosecutors Accountable Act, which would make district attorney offices that fail to prosecute at least two-thirds of arrests ineligible for certain Justice Department grants.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin was asked about Steube’s call and said that Krasner’s comments were "vile."
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"He is intentionally stoking the flames of hatred and division in this country for political gain. Calling law enforcement Nazis and encouraging violence and doxxing of them is absolutely disgusting," she said, citing the 1,300% increase in assaults against ICE.
"The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop," McLaughlin said, adding that Krasner should instead be thanking ICE for removing several dangerous illegal immigrants from the Delaware Valley itself.
She cited Yehi Badawi from Egypt, who was convicted of aggravated assault and robbery; Cuban national Alan De Armas-Tundidor, a convicted drug trafficker; and Thanh Long Huynh of Vietnam, who was convicted of both rape and cocaine distribution.
In recent comments to Fox News Digital, another top Pennsylvania Republican who taught relevant subjects at the U.S. Army War College said the federal Supremacy Clause would likely moot any actions by Krasner or Philadelphia against ICE agents following lawful federal orders.
"The Constitution is not optional," said state Sen. Doug Mastriano of Gettysburg, who ran against Shapiro in 2022.
State Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee Chairman Jarrett Coleman, an Allentown Republican whose panel oversees local-state-federal interactions, told Fox News Digital earlier this month that claims Philadelphia officials can intercede with federal immigration enforcement are "empty threats."
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Philadelphia is seen.
"If they do obstruct federal law enforcement efforts, the Pennsylvania Senate will be the least of their worries," he said, later remarking that if Krasner paid more attention to actual violence, "Philadelphia wouldn’t be such a s---hole."
Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, a far-left funder of many allegedly soft-on-crime prosecutors in localities around the country, dumped $1.7 billion into Krasner’s 2017 election, according to Philadelphia’s PBS affiliate.
Philadelphia City Council Minority Leader Kendra Brooks of the left-wing Working Families Party, and Democrat Rue Landau also authored comprehensive legislation intended to limit intended to limit ICE operations within city limits.
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The city’s lone Republican councilman, Brian O’Neill, is ranked as the third party rather than minority in the Democrat-led chamber.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for further comment.
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