As federal task force arrives, Republicans focus ire on Steve Mulroy
The Trump White House’s earliest press statement about the deployment accused Mulroy of being a “Soros-funded” district attorney. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
In the early days of substantial federal law enforcement intervention in Memphis, Republicans ranging from President Donald Trump to a local state senator have focused their partisan ire on Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.
The Trump White House’s earliest press statement about the deployment, published Sept. 12, accused Mulroy of being a “Soros-funded” district attorney. In a cable television appearance Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi called Mulroy a “woke Soros DA.” In testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee also on Tuesday, state Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, invoked Soros’ name to describe Mulroy several times.
The financier George Soros has long been a bogeyman for the political right. He is a prominent and frequent donor to Democratic causes and his donations — along with his Jewish heritage — have made him frequent fodder for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
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