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George Skelton: San Francisco voters had heard and seen enough of Chesa Boudin

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks to supporters during an election-night event on June 7, 2022, in San Francisco, California.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The San Francisco earthquake Tuesday should have rattled liberal Democratic politicians all over America, especially in California’s state capital and Los Angeles.

That’s because Democratic voters — not Republican Trumpsters — yanked from office a liberal district attorney in arguably the nation’s most liberal city.

Or, if you’d like, substitute the liberals’ current preferred tag “progressive.” It makes no difference to voters. The labels are synonyms.

San Francisco voters had heard and seen enough: a prosecutor seemingly more focused on criminal justice reform than in prosecuting

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