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Rantz: Manka Dhingra as WA attorney general would be destructive
May 9, 2023, 5:43 PM

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Washington State Senator Manka Dhingra is reportedly running for state
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BY JASON RANTZ
The Jason Rantz Show, 3pm-7pm on KTTH
State Senator Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) has proven herself to be an
incredibly destructive force. But if she becomes the next Washington
attorney general, we will deserve all the chaos and lawlessness she will
inevitably create. We will be to blame.

Dhingra is an anti-police activist most responsible for the state’s ban
on nearly all police pursuits. It led to a surge in crime like
smash-and-grab robberies and car theft. But don’t tell her that. Dhingra
pretends there’s no data supporting the claim that her policy has helped
lead to the crime crisis. It’s a somewhat ironic position for her to
take: the only data on her side, which she framed as showing her law
made the state safer, has been debunked as verifiably false. It was so
egregious a liberal member of her own party called it out. That didn’t
stop Dhingra from peddling the misinformation.

The state cannot afford an ideologue like Dhingra to be the state’s top
legal representative as attorney general. She’ll run the office through
the same far-left lens she currently legislates.

Manka Dhingra for attorney general is already bringing out the smears
Her far-left defenders are already trying to silence opposition to the
Manka Dhingra attorney general campaign. Independent journalist Brandi
Kruse compared Dhingra’s extreme positions to that of socialist Seattle
City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant. Kruse was immediately deemed racist by
State Senator Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), another pivotal voice in
passing legislation that made the state less safe. How was it racist?

“These are two South Asian women who do not even share the same
political ideologies. Their voting and stance on issues [are] different.
To compare them is meant only to confuse two women from the same region.
Not all South Asians are the same. To assume so is, in fact, racist,”
Trudeau claimed.

Except for the rule of law, the two are similar. Everyone knows Sawant’s
destructive, anti-police brand. Yet to the race-obsessed, the only
possible reason to compare the two is to “confuse two women from the
same region.” I’d argue that it’s actually racist to only see race when
two like-minded politicians are compared to one another. The smear is a
transparent attempt to silence criticism. They do it all the time.

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Dhingra cannot be AG
Ideologically stubborn, Dhingra would lead to a cataclysmic shift in
Washington state. It would do to the state what fringe city attorney
candidate Nicole Thomas-Kennedy would have done to Seattle. Even Seattle
voters said there’s a limit to the far-left views they’ll accept in
important positions. Will Washington voters do the same with a Manka
Dhingra for attorney general campaign?

The problem here is that Dhingra won’t be reported as far to the left.
You already have Seattle Times reporters carrying water for Dhingra,
defending her against criticisms they don’t like. Do you think they’re
capable of offering an honest assessment of Dhingra’s policies? That
she’s in a position of power within the state Democrat party will
insulate her from criticisms that she’s too extreme. Nicole
Thomas-Kennedy was openly hostile and vulgar towards cops; Dhingra puts
on a smile and claims people are overreacting to concerns around the
crime crisis.

It will be up to the voters to research and realize who Dhingra is and
what she stands for. And if they put her in office, I hope they’ll
accept the consequences. You have a growing chorus of Seattle residents
unhappy with the direction of the city. But they’re the ones who voted
those responsible into office. Rather than have voter’s remorse, I hope
they’ll make the right decision. And Republicans across the state may be
in a spot to vote for a more moderate Democrat to keep Dhingra from
taking this consequential office.

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