Republicans in the Pennsylvania House vote to impeach Larry Krasner, the progressive DA of Philadelphia…

They will put the progressive DA on trial for gun violence in Philadelphia….

The effort to get rid of the DA is unlikely to succeed ….

But it is in line with the Republican DeSantis action in Flortida to get rid of an elected offical contrary to the actions of the voters,  who elected  the offical into office,  for strictly political reasons…

On the brink of potentially losing their majority for the first time in more than a decade, Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to impeach Larry Krasner, the progressive district attorney of Philadelphia, who has clashed with conservatives for years over his approach to crime.

The 107-85 vote, mostly along party lines, was the result of an extraordinary — and likely futile — effort to remove the top elected law enforcement official in one of America’s largest cities during a lame-duck session, with control of the House still in the balance. Two razor-tight races that could tilt the chamber to Democrats remain uncalled after last week’s election.

The House’s action will send the matter to the State Senate, which Republicans control — though not with the two-thirds majority that would be needed to convict and remove Mr. Krasner, who won re-election last year to a second four-year term.

“History will harshly judge this anti-democratic, authoritarian effort to erase Philly’s votes — votes by Black, brown and broke people in Philadelphia,” Mr. Krasner said in a statement after the vote on Wednesday. “And voters will have the last word.”…

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Republicans have sought to blame Mr. Krasner for a surge of gun violence in Philadelphia over the past few years, a trend that was common in cities across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, including those with more traditional prosecutors. In debate on the House floor on Wednesday, they charged him with “misbehavior in office.”…

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House Republicans filed articles of impeachment days later, and a House committee approved them on Tuesday. Mr. Krasner has not been accused of any crime.

Last week, Democrats in Pennsylvania performed better than expected in the midterm elections, and could still take control of the State House after all ballots are counted in two races in the Philadelphia suburbs…..

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