CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/NewscomThe Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the US, endorsed Donald Trump president, citing his “his real commitment to American law enforcement” and desire to “make America safe again”.
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“You would think with law enforcement issues so much in the news that even if she had disagreements with our positions, that she would’ve been willing to say that”, Canterbury told The Hill in August.
“Our members believe he will make America safe again”, FOP President Chuck Canterbury said in a statement.
In explaining the rationale behind its presidential endorsements this year, the union noted that significant points of disagreement may remain between law enforcement officers and the presidential candidates they back. Clinton didn’t respond, a snub that did not go unnoticed.
Law enforcement unions generally tend to be more conservative than other labor groups.
Calvin Tucker, chairman of the Philadelphia Black Republican Council, said key endorsements were extremely important to Trump’s campaign. 5 President John McNesby confirmed to several news outlets that the Philadelphia branch is bound by the decision of the national union to endorse the Republican candidate.
“He took the time off the campaign trail and met with us to talk about our issues, our priorities”, Canterbury said. “We have a candidate who declined to seek an endorsement and a candidate without any record as an elected official”. “If they are supporting a presidential candidate like that, they are telling us what kind of America they want to see because Donald Trump has made his agenda clear”.
In the wake of high-profile protests against USA police, Trump has made a dedication to law and order a central part of his presidential campaign. “As many times as we’ve tried to…have it a fair process and an open process, the emails back were that they’re not interested and no thanks”.
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And after high-profile police killings of unarmed black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and the shooting deaths of five Dallas officers, Trump suggested that black activists were to blame and said he might direct his attorney general to investigate the Black Lives Matter movement.
