For the briefest of moments, it looked like Michigan Democrats might take a step back toward reality. But, surprising no one, they chose the most radical slate of candidates they could.
Going into their state convention last month, Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald was the apparent front-runner. While not the right choice for Michigan, McDonald seemed a natural, even normal choice, and she would’ve been a stunning departure from Michigan’s current attorney general, who has spent nearly eight years and untold taxpayer resources attacking her political opponents and breaking ethics rules.
Even for the Michigan Democrats, from whom we expect very little, nominating a candidate like George Soros-backed prosecutor Eli Savit seemed a bridge too far.
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How wrong we were.
Between the obscenities screamed and the dolls of President Donald Trump hanging from nooses, the Democratic Party again chose to walk the most far-Left path. For their party, it’s more and more becoming the road most traveled.
They viciously booed any candidate they didn’t deem progressive enough. They welcomed with open arms people who sympathize with terrorists.
They chose to nominate Savit.
Savit has successfully made a name for himself here in Michigan for all the wrong reasons. As the Washtenaw County prosecutor, he ended cash bail, a policy widely understood to make our communities more dangerous.
He also decided to end the enforcement of some crimes, including drug crimes, which may have prevented justice from being served after the murder of an 81-year-old woman, and prostitution, which is known to be exploitative and increases the trafficking of women and young girls.
Savit has bragged about being able to win an election for county prosecutor without being tough on crime, and was sued this month by the federal government for obstructing federal law enforcement and undermining federal immigration law.
Savit did not even come up with most of these ideas himself. They come straight from a Soros-backed consulting firm, the Wren Collective, which creates policy and shares it with their backed prosecutors. Wren consults with these prosecutors in private; many, including Savit, use private emails for their communications. They work to shape bail policies, protest and riot strategies, and even issue their own sentencing guidelines.
We have seen the rise of these Wren prosecutors all over the country, and we have seen the consequences. Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Portland, Oregon. Each one has embraced the dangerous legal vision of the leftist prosecutors pushed by George Soros, and each one has seen people leave their communities in droves.
After electing a progressive, Soros-backed prosecutor, Los Angeles saw shootings jump 69%. Cook County’s Kim Foxx simply dropped 30% of all felony cases on her docket. Philadelphia elected Larry Krasner; homicides jumped 78%.
By 2022, Soros had spent more than $40 million to elect his slate of progressive prosecutors and controlled half of America’s largest legal jurisdictions.
Savit proudly follows the same tradition and wants to spread that vision statewide. As Michigan’s attorney general, he would turn the office into his own personal case study on grievance politics and soft-on-crime legal philosophy. For prosecutors like Savit, the goal isn’t protecting the community — it’s protecting criminals.
The last eight years of Dana Nessel will look like a walk in the park in comparison to even a single term from Savit. The most surprising part of his nomination is that the Michigan Democratic Party actually managed to nominate someone more radical than Nessel.
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Michiganders should not be fooled by Savit. The more he campaigns and the louder he introduces himself to our state, the less I expect the people of Michigan to like him. County prosecutors like Savit are not what our state needs, and I have faith that the people of Michigan will see that.
While candidates like Savit may no longer be a bridge too far for Michigan’s radical Democratic Party, he is still a bridge too far for the people of Michigan.
Ronna McDaniel is the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and the CEO of Michigan Forward Network.