On 2/16/2022, Senator Cruz said, “Ms. Morrison, you’ve urged this committee to look at the whole of your record. I will confess, the whole of your record is deeply disturbing.” Cruz pointed to “skyrocketing crime rates” across the country, specifically addressing rising homicide, carjacking and burglary rates. “And all of those are a direct result of the policies you’ve spent your entire lifetime advocating,” Cruz said.

Morrison, who was an adviser to progressive Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner’s transition team in 2017, was asked whether she thought the city was safer with Krasner at the helm. “I do not consider myself an expert on crime statistics,” Morrison responded. “You have no view,” Cruz interjected. “I can certainly talk about the cases that I’ve worked on in Philadelphia,” she added. “Why do you keep advising radical district attorneys who let violent criminals go and result in homicide rates skyrocketing?” Cruz continued. “Do you care about the innocent people being killed because of the policies you’re implementing?”

Nina Morrison has served as an adviser for the transition committees of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, all of whom support progressive criminal justice reforms. Cruz noted that, in Philadelphia, from the time Krasner was elected, the city’s murder count rose from 315 to 562 in 2021. Similarly, Cruz noted that in Los Angeles County, there were 397 murders in 2021, up from 258 in 2019 before Gascon’s election.

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Safer or not? Your record is deeply disturbing, Sen Cruz grills nominee over ties to progressive DA