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Permissive laws in deep blue Colorado created an environment in which last weekend’s antisemitic attack could occur, a local district attorney told Fox News Digital.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, George Brauchler, a Republican district attorney for Colorado’s 23rd district, said that the state government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax, sanctuary-type environment regarding immigration enforcement.
This, he said, emboldens illegals, such as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspect accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists on Sunday, to act with impunity.
A DHS spokeswoman has said Soliman, an Egyptian national, was living in the country illegally at the time of the attack. He entered the United States in August 2022 with a visa that expired in February 2023, the spokeswoman said, noting he applied for asylum during that time.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AMONG VICTIMS IN BOULDER, COLORADO SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK
In an interview with Fox News Digital, George Brauchler (left), a Republican district attorney for Colorado’s 23rd Judicial District, said that the state government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax environment regarding immigration enforcement. That emboldens illegals, such as Mohamed Sabry Soliman (right), the suspect accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists on Sunday, to act with impunity, he said. (District Attorney for 23rd Judicial District office website and Storyful/KDVR)
Soliman allegedly injured eight adults, including a victim who was 88 years old, at an outdoor mall in Boulder, according to the FBI.
The suspect was witnessed shouting “Free Palestine” during the attack and using a makeshift flamethrower to target the crowd, the FBI said. Police said the victims were hospitalized with burn wounds.
They had been participating in a Run for Their Lives protest, which, according to the Anti-Defamation League, is a weekly event…
