One of Vice President Kamala Harris' longtime students has spent her career undermining law enforcement.
Who is Latifa Simon? running In the California State Legislature, known For about 20 years, Mr. Harris officiated at the wedding of Mr. Harris, who is now vice president. guidance she, give she works for the government campaign in progress He replaced her in 2016 when she ran for the Bay Area Public Rail System's board of directors, according to multiple media reports. Simon after all succeeded Her 2016 presidential bid was a major boost to her long career working to undermine law enforcement.
In the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020, Simon called for a $2 million cut in funding for Bay Area public transit law enforcement agencies and to transfer that funding to “unarmed ambassadors,” according to San Francisco. The Chronicle reported. reported. Almost half of people who ride public trains in the Bay Area say they've witnessed a crime, and about 85% of riders say they would use the system more often if it was clean or safe. According to Until the 2023 poll.
“This call for defunding and abolition actually means defunding and abolishing the way things used to be done,” Simon said of efforts to reduce the number of transit police in the Bay Area, according to the Chronicle. Ta. Simon boasts on his campaign website that he implemented “progressive police policies” during his time as a public transit official. (Stream The Daily Caller's documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)
After Ms. Harris hired Ms. Simon in 2005 to oversee the San Francisco Attorney General's Office's program to expunge the criminal records of its first drug traffickers, she joined the Washington Free in 2011 as program director at the Rosenberg Foundation.・Joined Beacon. reported. In 2014, the Rosenberg Foundation teamed up with the Soros family's Open Society Foundations to successfully advocate for a ballot initiative to decriminalize drug trafficking and retail theft.
Simon revealed in an interview that Harris has had a very strong influence on her career.
she explained In a July interview with the Bay Area NPR affiliate, he called the vice president “a little bit of a leader, a little bit of a family member.” Harris is “both an auntie and a mentor,” Simmons said.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
Mr. Simmons has most recently been hired by some of the anti-police mega-donors supporting Ms. Harris' presidential campaign.
From 2016 to 2022, Simon served as Chairman of the Akonadi Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit organization established to fund activities such as: decrease the power of law enforcement and reduce Number of criminals in prison, public records show. The Akonadi Foundation is co-founded By Quinn Delaney, a major Democratic donor approved Harris said this shortly after President Joe Biden announced that he was suspending his re-election campaign.
Mr. Delaney was one of the major donors who worked with George Soros to elect a liberal prosecutor in California in 2020 and is opposing a 2024 vote to increase penalties for retail theft. . According to To Politico.
Simmons' most recent job is as president of the Meadow Fund, a donor-advised fund founded by Patti Quillin, wife of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. According to Visit her LinkedIn page. Quillin, Hastings donate $1.75 million to support Soros-backed 2020 Los Angeles District Attorney candidate George Gascón, deadline ends reported. The couple has also emerged as a major financial backer of Harris' bid for the White House.
Between Harris reportedly Invited Simon to speak at the Democratic National Convention. was praised Although he endorsed her at a private fundraiser, the vice president stopped short of endorsing her protege. Despite billing herself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor, Harris enjoys widespread support from donors who want to weaken law enforcement.
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