Fani Willis is a shining example of what happens when hiring is based on diversity instead of merit
By isabelle // 2024-02-29
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If you’ve been wondering how someone as bumbling and incompetent as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ended up in such a powerful position prosecuting a former president, you’re not alone. When she took the stand last week, her gaffes might have even been comical if there wasn’t so much at stake in the case she’s responsible for. Willis was being questioned about conflicts of interest after she hired her married lover, Nathan Wade, and made him special counsel on the biggest case of her career and one that she had to know would draw intense scrutiny. The lovers’ lavish vacations were a big sticking point as it looked like she may have benefited from Wade’s new position and earnings – although she insists she always kept high volumes of cash on hand and paid him for her half of the expenses of their trysts. At one point during questioning, she thought the attorney was actually calling her a “cash whore” when he said “cash hoard,” prompting him to spell out the word so she could follow along better. She did all this while wearing a dress that she appeared to have put on backward, the zipper visible down the front of it if you look close enough. The whole hearing was so bad that even liberals want her to step down because they’re so worried their case against Trump will fall apart with her at the wheel. Revolver points out that this is a problem of their own making in their relentless push for “diversity”, writing: “After all, Fani Willis is the avatar of DMV America—the combination of racial caste system and kakistocracy that the American regime is determined to erect in what was once the world’s proudest meritocratic society.” Indeed, there are many other women in similar positions to hers who appear to be so incompetent that many believe they were also hired based on diversity criteria rather than merit.

Kim Foxx

One example is Cook County District Attorney Kim Foxx, whose name became familiar to many when she tried to let actor Jussie Smollett off the hook for inventing a story about being attacked because he was black and gay. In that case, a special prosecutor had to come in and make things right. However, giving black celebrities preferential treatment is far from her only offense. One of her most questionable moves was specifying that felony theft charges should only be brought against criminals who have at least ten previous felony convictions. That is an extremely high threshold that means lots of people who committed very serious crimes were never held accountable for them. Similarly, former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby tried to use the Freddie Gray case as her ticket to prominence, but her prosecution of the local police was so clearly politically motivated and conveyed the message that Baltimore was a place where people can get away with whatever they want. As a result, Baltimore quickly turned into one of the world's most violent cities. Nevertheless, she ended up using the pandemic as an excuse to be even softer on crime. Mosby also had to reputation for firing prosecutors she did not like. She was even found guilty of mortgage fraud after lying to a lender about the source of closing funds on purchasing a condo.

Kim Gardner

Then there is St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. In her six-year reign as the top prosecutor there, she allowed the murder rate to reach 87 per 100,000 people. This placed it in the top 10 murder capitals in the world and is more than twice the rate of notoriously violent Johannesburg, South Africa. Gardner was forced to drop criminal charges against people who were accused of murder due to mistakes in handling their cases, and she admitted that she had paid for her personal apartment with campaign funds. On one occasion, she falsely accused the police of pulling her over while she was driving without any cause simply to intimidate her; camera footage later showed that she had been driving without headlights. Of course, no one is saying that black women should not hold positions of power, but qualifications and capabilities should be given greater weight, while race and gender should not come into the equation at all in hiring decisions. Sources for this article include: Revolver.news WBALTV.com
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