Chesa Boudin has decided not to run in upcoming special election to 'put my family first' and definitely not because he was recalled

Over the past weeks I've spoken to family, friends, supporters and everyday San Franciscans about how we can best continue to make our criminal justice system fairer and more effective. I have devoted my public life to this effort because it makes our communities stronger & safer

— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) August 4, 2022

I’ve also taken stock of the burden that more than three years of nearly non-stop campaigning placed on my family. I’m committed to criminal justice reform; I’m also committed to my family.

— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) August 4, 2022

My son is on the verge of taking his first step and speaking his first word. My wife’s research on Multiple Sclerosis at UCSF deserves the same support she has offered my work. My elderly father just came home from prison after more than 40 years.

— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) August 4, 2022

*His elderly father David Gilbert, former Weather Underground domestic terrorist who participated in the deadly robbery of an armored truck in 1981. Be specific, Chesa! You’re proud of your dad! Don’t leave out the details!

My father faces the myriad challenges those returning from incarceration encounter: housing, healthcare, employment, and more. My mother died in May and I have not had time to clean out her apartment or plan her memorial or even mourn her death.

— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) August 4, 2022

Kathy Boudin, Chesa’s mother, was also a Weather Underground terrorist who was also involved in the deadly robbery. Did Chesa ever mourn the death of the people whose blood is on his mommy’s hands?

I am choosing to put my family first: I will not be running for office in 2022.

— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) August 4, 2022

OK, that’s enough. There are more tweets in Boudin’s thread, but that seems like a good place to stop. He’s not running for office, all right, but it’s not because he’s putting his family first. It’s because he knows that San Franciscans don’t want him anywhere near the levers of power.

Soft on crime SF DA Chesa Boudin has been ousted from office in one of the most liberal cities in the U.S. He blamed the recall effort on “tech bros” and Republican operatives. LA DA @GeorgeGascon also trying to paint the recall effort against him as “Republican Recall”. @FoxNews

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) June 8, 2022

The city made it pretty clear in June when they recalled him that they were finished with him. The idea that Chesa Boudin is declining to run for his former office because of noble reasons is ridiculous and actually pretty offensive, at least as far as his family is concerned.

Buddy you got recalled. What you're putting first is your desire not to be publicly humiliated for a second time. Leave your family out of it. https://t.co/QONNZ35zNM

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) August 4, 2022

Well, in any event, regardless of Boudin’s reasons for not running again, San Francisco might at least have a shot without him in their government.

Thank you for promising not to further ruin your community.

— Damoclese in Exile (@ExiledDamoclese) August 4, 2022

Let’s just hope someone else doesn’t come along and try to out-Chesa-Boudin Chesa Boudin …

Good, but George Soros is not bailing on his DA’s. As he wrote in his editorial the other day, he will continue financing campaigns of anti-criminal justice prosecutors. Be prepared to see another, less compromised Chesa running in San Francisco. https://t.co/BwntRoHhhU

— Katya Sedgwick (@KatyaSedgwick) August 4, 2022

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