Last night, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner spoke at a town hall meeting at a church in Kingsessing, one of several appearances he’s scheduled to make this week. The topic, in part, is the Trump administration’s repeated threats to send National Guard troops to major American cities. Trump has not yet inserted Philadelphia into this conversation, but Krasner and others think it’s only a matter of time.
“Fascists are going to be fascists. What can I say? The effort to impeach me, not the most important topic but it was simply an early sign that there is an ongoing effort to erase the votes of Philadelphia. We know who’s votes they are,” Krasner said Tuesday, referring to the ‘Pennsylvania Legislature and its MAGA members’, “The fundamental premise of the United States is supposed that all people are created equal. It’s a deep belief in equality, these people don’t believe in equality at all. They don’t believe in equality of folks. They don’t in gender equality. They’re absolutely just as hateful towards women as they are on the issue of race. These are people who agree with Adolf Hitler.”
It was at this moment, Frank Scales of South Philly spoke up.
“Lie!” Scales shouted. “People like you are responsible for the death of Charlie Kirk. Stop calling them fascists.”
Scales went on to argue that “lawless Larry, crumb bum Krasner” was only speaking about the National Guard situation in order to “distract the people of this city from his failures.” In none of the footage and reporting I’ve come across did he publicly identify himself as a member of MAGA, or quarrel with Krasner’s assertion that the MAGA movement does not believe in race and gender equality.
Krasner, meanwhile, stuck to his guns on the “fascism” descriptor following the town hall, citing his family’s personal experience fighting Nazis in World War II.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2025/09/17/larry-krasner-town-hall-maga-fascist/