Bill McSwain casts himself as ‘law and order’ candidate in GOP governor race

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Bill McSwain had a message for supporters and media gathered on a Northeast Philadelphia sidewalk in frigid temperatures Tuesday morning.

He will do anything in his power to suppress District Attorney Larry Krasner’s criminal justice reform efforts — and even attempt to remove the progressive from office — if elected governor.

“Larry Krasner’s days as district attorney will be numbered,” said McSwain. The comment was greeted with cheers.

McSwain, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during the Trump administration, is attempting to brand himself as the ‘law and order’ candidate in the GOP gubernatorial race, using Krasner as a punching bag.

The strategy did not work for attorney Charles Peruto Jr., Krasner’s opponent in the 2021 general election, or his Democratic primary challenger, longtime prosecutor Carlos Vega, who attended McSwain’s campaign event Tuesday. Krasner was comfortably reelected to a second four-year term.