CA Public Defenders use Alinsky Tactics in Attack on DA Dan Dow for X Posts

San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow is under attack by the California Public Defenders Association for posting his concerns about Zohran Mamdani’s radical politics and recent election as New York Mayor.

The public defenders association fell just short of calling DA Dow a racist:

“The California Public Defenders Association (CPDA) condemns the racist, anti-Muslim statements made by San Luis Obispo County District Attorney and President of the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) Dan Dow. Dow’s recent social-media posts linked the election of New York City’s first Muslim mayor to the September 11 terrorist attacks. This, along with his past statements and prosecutorial decisions, reflect a pattern of prejudice wholly incompatible with the duties of a prosecutor or any person acting in the criminal legal system.”

What is District Attorney Dow’s crime? He retweeted two X posts with images of 9-11 in New York City on Election Day, Nov. 4th, and commented on Zohran Momdani’s election.

One post is by End Wokeness:

New York already forgot pic.twitter.com/RTsGxm8OOq

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2025

And the other X post by Amy Meck:

I can say with a clear conscience that I have given my entire self to warning the world about the threat of Islam after 9/11.

I meant it when I said “Never forget” – and I never did.

I have paid a crushing personal price for refusing to stay silent. Years of abuse, isolation,… pic.twitter.com/IJ2xludMBO

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) November 3, 2025

“I shared the posts because, in my opinion, Mamdani is going to destroy New York being a self-proclaimed socialist,” Dow told the LA Times. “I support the Muslim community and have strong ties to our Muslim community in San Luis Obispo.”

This is what the LA Times said:

On Wednesday, Dow retweeted a post on X from a popular right-wing account that appeared to show a snapshot moments after flames jutted from the World Trade Center’s South Tower, the second of the twin towers struck by a plane on Sept. 11, 2001.

This “popular right-wing account” End Wokeness is one I follow, along with 3.9 million other followers.

Dan Dow, who is an Army Veteran of 32 years and several overseas deployments, reminded the Globe this isn’t his first rodeo with vicious attacks by the public defenders. They did had their knives out for him during the Black Lives Matter protests, as well.

“I remember like it was yesterday our nation being attacked by Islamic extremists on 9/11/2001,” Dow wrote. “I love this country and I do not in any way share the same views as the … socialist Zohran Mamdani.”

He said in his tweet: “I am very sad to see the Big Apple torn apart by electing an un-American socialist who wants to trample on the values and freedoms that millions of Americans have fought and died for.”

The San Luis Obispo Tribune first reported on Dow’s X posts in an editorial titled, “DA Dan Dow can’t serve justice while spreading anti-Muslim hate.” The online link said, Dan Dow’s reposts undermine trust in SLO justice.

When asked why he reposted the tweets, Dow said:

“I am a United States Army veteran who has served over 32 years and have had 4 tours overseas. I remember like it was yesterday our nation being attacked by Islamic extremists on 9/11/2001. I love this country and I do not in any way share the same views as the 33 year old socialist Zohran Mandami. I am very sad to see the Big Apple torn apart by electing an un American socialist who wants to trample on the values and freedoms that millions of Americans have fought and died for.”

Was asked by the @SLOTribune why I reposted this post, I answered:

“I am a United States Army veteran who has served over 32 years and have had 4 tours overseas. I remember like it was yesterday our nation being attacked by Islamic extremists on 9/11/2001. I love this country… https://t.co/ParHs4qSCL

— Dan Dow (@dandow) November 6, 2025

Notably, the End Wokeness post received 985.9K Views, and 7,200 retweets. Amy Mecks’ post received 7.1 million page views and 25,000 retweets.

“The California Public Defenders Association has issued the below statement, condemning the recent racist statements and actions from San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow,” their email from Erin Williams (she/her/hers) at The Worker Agency read. The Worker Agency specializes in “narrative change,” “excesses of corporate power,” and “economic, climate and racial justice campaigns.”

This is the statement from the CPDA – notice the Saul Alinsky tactics:

California Public Defenders Association Condemns Racist Statements From San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow

SACRAMENTO – The California Public Defenders Association (CPDA) condemns the racist, anti-Muslim statements made by San Luis Obispo County District Attorney and President of the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) Dan Dow. Dow’s recent social-media posts linked the election of New York City’s first Muslim mayor to the September 11 terrorist attacks. This, along with his past statements and prosecutorial decisions, reflect a pattern of prejudice wholly incompatible with the duties of a prosecutor or any person acting in the criminal legal system.

“District attorneys hold immense authority in people’s lives and in a community,” said Kate Chatfield, Executive Director of the California Public Defenders Association.“When that authority is exercised by someone who publicly expresses racial, religious, or gender-based bias, it endangers both individual rights and the integrity of the justice system itself.”

California’s Racial Justice Act (Penal Code § 745) was enacted to ensure that no conviction, sentence, or prosecutorial decision is made “on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin.” The posts and comments of Dow demonstrate explicit bias, calling into question the validity of prosecutions by his office.

We note that no other District Attorney in California has publicly condemned these statements. Not one of Dow’s peers, or the other leaders of the California District Attorneys Association, has expressed concern about the messages he has sent to Muslim, LGBTQ+, or Black Californians.

Alinsky’s most notorious rule: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.”

In an email and a call with the Globe, DA Dow said:

“The response of character assassination, to my repost of an X message about the danger from New York City electing a self-proclaimed socialist as mayor, confirms how right I was to express my concern. The radical ‘progressive’ left of our country will not tolerate truthful opposition to their agenda that is purposed to destroy the foundations of our country. Socialism produces the enslavement and oppression of its people. The United States of America was created by our Founders to secure, promote, and preserve Liberty and justice for all. Socialism is not compatible with a free society and if we go down that path, it will destroy our nation. November is the month we celebrate Veteran’s Day. Let us take this opportunity to remember that the freedom we have enjoyed for 250 years was not given to us for free. It cost the blood, sweat, tears and lives of countless patriots – of every race, color and creed – who served in our Armed Forces to ensure that we never lose our Liberty.

At this time of political chaos, we would be wise to be reminded of California Governor Ronald Reagan’s words from his Inaugural Address on January 5, 1967, ‘Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.’

My office mission is to bring justice and safety to our community by aggressively and fairly prosecuting crime and protecting the rights of crime victims. Our motto is Veritas et Justitia (truth and justice). Everything we do is in support of that mission and guided by the motto. I will never apologize for stating the truth. False ad hominem accusations do not deserve a response.”

The public defenders association has pushed their vicious attack of DA Dow statewide, and attacked his colleagues at the California District Attorneys Association.