{"id":454535,"date":"2022-05-29T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T07:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-slammed-by-rep-mike-garcia-over-memorial-day-tweet\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T07:24:16","slug":"los-angeles-da-george-gascon-slammed-by-rep-mike-garcia-over-memorial-day-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-slammed-by-rep-mike-garcia-over-memorial-day-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"#Los Angeles DA George Gascon slammed by Rep. Mike Garcia over Memorial Day tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2622d4c811b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2622d4c811b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-slammed-by-rep-mike-garcia-over-memorial-day-tweet\/#%E2%80%9CLos_Angeles_DA_George_Gascon_slammed_by_Rep_Mike_Garcia_over_Memorial_Day_tweet%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Los Angeles DA George Gascon slammed by Rep. Mike Garcia over Memorial Day tweet&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLos_Angeles_DA_George_Gascon_slammed_by_Rep_Mike_Garcia_over_Memorial_Day_tweet%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Los Angeles DA George Gascon slammed by Rep. Mike Garcia over Memorial Day tweet&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Republican Congressman Mike Garcia slammed progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon on Saturday over a tweet that Gascon posted to commemorate\u00a0Memorial Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was 18 years old, I joined the United States Army,\u201d Gascon tweeted. \u201cI\u2019d like to wish everyone a h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y and safe Memorial Day weekend as we reflect on and remember those who have served our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia, who represents California\u2019s 25th congressional district, took issue with the tweet while also criticizing Gascon\u2019s handling of crimes committed in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you a ghost?\u201d Garcia, a former United States Navy pilot, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectMikeGarcia\/status\/1530378855088726016?s=20&amp;t=fLn0JTLDgWHepg1Oer4OnA\">responded<\/a>. \u201cIf not, you have the wrong holiday @GeorgeGascon.\u00a0 Veterans Day is in November. This weekend we honor those who didn\u2019t make it home.\u00a0It\u2019s not hard.\u00a0Neither is recognizing the difference between felonies and misdemeanors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gascon has been widely criticized over a policy barring his deputy district attorneys from seeking cash bail\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mothers-recall-los-angeles-da-george-gascon-does-not-care-about-victims\"><u>particularly from families of victims of a crime surge<\/u><\/a>\u00a0that has plagued Los Angeles in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Gascon\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/la-county-george-gascon-bail\"><u>rolled back that policy<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter listening to the community, victims and members of this Office, I have decided to allow limited exceptions to the pre-trial release policy while such a program is finalized,\u201d a memo circulated through his office states.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you a ghost?  If not, you have the wrong holiday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeGascon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgeGascon<\/a>.  Veterans Day is in November.   This weekend we honor those who didn\u2019t make it home.    It\u2019s not hard.  Neither is recognizing the difference between felonies and misdemeanors.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Garcia (@ElectMikeGarcia) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectMikeGarcia\/status\/1530378855088726016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The growing dissatisfaction with Gascon has sparked a recall effort that had gathered over 400,000 signatures with organizers believing they will reach the necessary mark to put a recall vote on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/la-gascon-recall\"><u>Recall George Gascon campaign<\/u>\u00a0<\/a>has so far collected more than 450,000 signatures as of last week, it said. The group must collect 566,857 signatures, 10% of registered voters, by July 6 in order to qualify to be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240915246.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"George Gascon has been widely talked down on over a policy barring his deputy district attorneys from seeking cash bail.\" class=\"wp-image-22454561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240915246.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240915246.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240915246.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240915246.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>George Gascon has been widely talked down on over a policy barring his deputy district attorneys from seeking cash bail.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The recall effort is the second attempt after the first failed to collect enough signatures by its deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, more than\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/los-angeles\"><u>30 cities in Los Angeles County<\/u><\/a>\u00a0have issued votes of no confidence against Gascon.<\/p>\n<p>Gascon\u2019s office did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment from Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Digital.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Mike Garcia over Memorial Day tweet&#8221; Republican Congressman Mike Garcia slammed progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon on Saturday over a tweet that Gascon posted to commemorate\u00a0Memorial Day.\u00a0 \u201cWhen I was 18 years old, I joined the United States Army,\u201d Gascon tweeted. \u201cI\u2019d like to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":454536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22454510-1653807961058.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1653793651&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[129731,13096,76316,70553,104518],"class_list":["post-454535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-29-22","tag-california","tag-district-attorneys","tag-los-angeles","tag-memorial-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}