Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Soros-backed progressive prosecutor, is facing mounting bipartisan criticism after making fiery remarks comparing federal immigration agents to Nazis and suggesting they should be \u201chunted down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking last week, Krasner denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as \u201ca small bunch of wannabe Nazis,\u201d adding, \u201cIf we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comments prompted swift backlash from Republicans, with Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) a member of the House Intelligence Committee, urging the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steube cited federal statutes that make threatening a federal law enforcement officer a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe DOJ should absolutely arrest and convict this guy,\u201d Steube said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Krasner has a history of antagonism toward federal immigration enforcement. He previously claimed he would seek to arrest and prosecute federal agents who \u201ccome to Philly to commit crimes,\u201d an apparent reference to controversial law enforcement actions during a Minnesota operation in which a woman was shot after allegedly attempting to ram officers with her vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the speech that drew Steube\u2019s condemnation, Krasner boasted that the 350 million Americans living in the United States vastly outnumber ICE agents, and he floated the idea of coordinating with prosecutors in other states to pursue them criminally after President Donald Trump\u2019s term ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even prominent Democrats distanced themselves from Krasner\u2019s rhetoric. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called the remarks \u201cunacceptable\u2026 abhorrent and it is wrong; period; hard-stop; end of sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republicans were far less restrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n