Far-left Portland DA Mike Schmidt on track for defeat to tough-on-crime former Republican

Voters in Oregon were on the brink Wednesday of ousting progressive Portland DA Mike Schmidt and replacing him with one of his deputies who was once a Republican and has vowed to crack down on rampant crime and drug abuse.
As of Wednesday morning, with about 63% of the vote counted, Schmidt was trailing Nathan Vasquez by 11.9 percentage points - a difference of more than 117,000 votes, according to the latest tally.
“I am committed to fulfilling those campaign promises. I’m committed to ending the open-air drug use, to ending the open-air drug dealing that we have suffered from as a community,” Vasquez told his supporters Tuesday night.
“I am also committed to restoring that idea that it is OK to hold people accountable and doing it in a compassionate manner.”
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[@johnq.public4252]

Now, NYC needs to do that with DA Bragg when the time comes.

[@drewh3224]

Not only DA and a no-nonsense Republican mayor coming to NYC here!!

[@youngp1251]

yeah get that useless corrupt piece of****

[@MilePost106]

Hard to believe the New York Post is even covering this.

[@thezootopiahusky]

Guess he'll have to get back to working as a Nightguard on a certain pizza place now

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Right. I'm not from Missouri, but you'll still have to show me. I'll believe when it happens, and not before.

[@codswallop164]

Dual citizenship foreign agent.

[@Five0Five]

??

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@Five0Five
His allegiance is with a state that begins with I and end in genocide.

[@a_9408]

@@codswallop164please take your doctors prescription pills.

[@GeraldoA-jc5nl]

is crime legal in portland?

[@MarvinThiessen]

Almost. The Schmidt-show has been a "catch & release" modus operandi. He's a nice guy, but clueless in too many areas, a one-term wonder.

[@billl8530]

Criminal!

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Worse and worse.

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[@zed316]

Keyword here is "former Republican".

[@Higgins8]

Putting an (R) next to your name is political death in Portland. You have to know that by now.

[@chrisbowman1367]

Gotta dabble in communism to get elected in third world Portland, Oregon.

[@bluecoffee8414]

This makes me so happy. Great job Vasquez!