The good news? Mary Moriarty, one of the ultra-progressive county prosecutors whose election campaigns George Soros and his pack of progressive plutocrats bankrolled, is not going to run for re-election in Hennepin County - most of which is the city of Minneapolis.
And on the surface, it is good news: Moriarty took office in 2022 as Minneapolis was in the middle of a thirty-year high spike in violent and property crime, and proceeded to prosecute like the former public defender she is - letting people accused of violent and gun crimes out on bail, nor no bail, to re-offend again, over and over. The list of murders carried out by people who were out of jail on their own recognizance after being arrested for violent and/or gun offenses is a long and ugly one.
Just one of many cases - this one early in her regime, and an episode that set the tone for her reign:
Just one week into her role, Moriarty demonstrated what could go wrong.
In the middle of the criminal sexual conduct trial of a 35-year-old Honduran man who raped his 14-year-old cousin while visiting during 2019, Moriarty decided to drop the charges because the prosecutor (one of the 32 who opposed her candidacy) had inappropriately lied about a note that was passed to her from a victim advocate. The content of the note was not inappropriate, but the prosecutor’s lie about the note was. It arguably should have resulted in internal discipline, but instead Moriarty took the nuclear option and dropped the charges against the defendant. The judge was obligated to dismiss the case, and the accused rapist walked out of the courtroom a free man that day.
The right is celebrating;
There are Minnesotans who lost their lives because Mary Moriarty had more compassion for criminals than victims and residents of Hennepin County.
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) August 7, 2025
Good absolute riddance.
Congressman Pete Stauber, who represents northeastern Minnesota:
Moriarty's time as Hennepin County attorney was radical and bizarre and her continued anti-police policies and posture were a threat to law enforcement. Her decision NOT to run for re-election was welcome news for all Minnesotans!https://t.co/GBjzQwB69R
— Pete Stauber (@PeteStauber) August 7, 2025
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin:
NEW: In response to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty not seeking a second term, Protecting Americans Action Fund Chairman and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued this statement: pic.twitter.com/LfhGCgRtZf
— Liz Collin (@lizcollin) August 8, 2025
As Griffin pointed out separately, if there are parts of your city into which you don't care go, you are not truly free. And there are parts of Minneapolis that qualify; sometimes, those parts come to meet you in the good parts of the city.
The bad news? She's going to spend her last year and a half in office...well, doing something:
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty will not run for re-election in 2026, choosing to focus on creating enduring change in the system over the final 17 months of her administration.https://t.co/HkQRTnNGQ6
— Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty (@HennepinAtty) August 7, 2025
"Enduring change".
Gulp.
Even a terrible County Prosecutor - Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, Mary Moriarty - generally skates to re-election, as long as there are no massive scandals (or, in the case of Chesa Boudin, they don't irrevocably anger a key, well-organized, angry constituency). In a deep blue area like Hennepin County, she'd likely have had a lively but ultimately successful re-eleciton bid.
So taking time out to eschew campaigning in order to cement the Hennepin County Attorney's office in her image, and doing damage that, like cement, will take extremely disproportionate effort to fix?
Even if her most likey successor was inclined to try which, this being Minneapolis, he is not:
INBOX: Rep. Cedric Frazier on Hennepin County Attorney's race. pic.twitter.com/q7a4sFZn1q
— Blois Olson (@bloisolson) August 7, 2025
Cedrick who?
My friend and Hot Air colleague, Rep. Walter Hudson, takes it from here:
I say this with respect for my colleague, who is deeply intelligent and thoughtful.
— Walter Hudson (@WalterHudson) August 7, 2025
What you'll get is the same results, only driven by intention rather than incompetence. https://t.co/2FC4TnStGp
That's the problem with blue-state sinecure politics: no matter how hard you scrape, you never reach the bottom of the barrel.
