The nation’s oldest and largest police group endorsed Donald Trump Friday, saying there’s “zero doubt” they need him within the White Home for a second time period, whereas the previous president blasted his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, as a “defunder” of legislation enforcement, and vowed to finish “Kamala’s crime wave” if elected.
Trump traveled to North Carolina Friday to talk at a gathering of the Fraternal Order of Police and settle for their endorsement, calling it an “honor.” The group additionally endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.
“Public security and border safety will likely be essential points within the final months of this marketing campaign,” FOP Nationwide President Patrick Yoes mentioned. “Our members fastidiously thought-about the positions of the candidates on the problems and there was little doubt—zero doubt—as to who they need as our President for the following 4 years: Donald J. Trump.”
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Yoes mentioned that in Trump’s first time period, he “made it clear he supported legislation enforcement and border safety.”
“In the summertime of 2020, he stood with us when only a few would. Together with his assist, we defeated the ‘defund the police’ motion and, lastly, we’re seeing crime charges lower,” he mentioned. “If we wish to preserve these decrease crime charges, we should re-elect Donald Trump.”
Yoes mentioned FOP management met with Trump—however mentioned an analogous assembly was not supplied by Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign.
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“Because the nation’s oldest and largest legislation enforcement labor group, the FOP’s presidential endorsement is likely one of the most sought-after endorsements by candidates working for the presidency,” Yoes mentioned. “The FOP is the primary voice of America’s legislation enforcement. We have now a accountability to our members, to the 800,000 sworn legislation enforcement officers in america, and to the communities they serve to do our half in figuring out the path during which our nation will head.”
Yoes mentioned Trump, throughout his first time period, “supplied our nation with sturdy, efficient management.”
“Now that he’s looking for election to a second time period, we intend to assist him win it,” Yoes mentioned.
Trump touted the endorsement Friday afternoon throughout an occasion with members of the Fraternal Order of Police.
“It is an honor to be right here. This can be a huge endorsement for me…It is an honor,” Trump mentioned. “I am thrilled to be again with the unbelievable heroes and patriots of the Fraternal Order of Police, an unbelievable group and a gaggle that is extremely revered all around the nation.”
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Trump added: “To all the legislation enforcement women and men right here at the moment, I respect you a lot. I love you, and as your president, I’ll all the time again the blue as I did.”
Trump blasted his opponent Vice President Kamala Harris as a “defunder.”
“I again to blue greater than another. I used to be not a defunder like Kamala. She was a defunder. She was a ten 12 months defunder. Once you, if you wish to defend for ten years, that is the tip of that one,” Trump mentioned.
He joked: “I feel I might go away proper now, and also you say there is not any means that we’re not voting for that man.”
“I contemplate you on this room to be America’s most interesting,” Trump mentioned. “You are all around the nation, throughout from the nation, all over. And, we actually recognize you being right here.”
Trump mentioned legislation enforcement officers simply wish to “see our nation, be protected and affluent, and we wish to love our nation.”
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to discuss nationwide safety throughout a marketing campaign rally on the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Corridor of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, August 21, 2024. (PETER ZAY/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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“We all know all about you and the good job that you simply do. And, the individuals of this nation respect you tremendously for it. So I simply wish to thanks on behalf of all people,” Trump mentioned.
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“Underneath the Harris regime, 99% of legislation abiding residents endure whereas criminals run free and our nation is plagued into actually third world situations. In some ways, we’re a 3rd world nation, however we’ll clear that up actual quick,” Trump mentioned. “I am right here at the moment to declare that we wouldn’t have to dwell this manner. And once I’m President of america, we aren’t going to take it anymore.”
Trump mentioned that there was a 43% enhance in violent crime because the Biden-Harris administration got here into energy, together with a 58% enhance in rape and an 89% enhance in aggravated assault.
“And below Comrade Kamala, assaults on law enforcement officials are up a minimal of 32% and lots of of them usually are not reported. And if they’re reported, they are not taken down. And shootings of our law enforcement officials are up by over 16%,” Trump mentioned. “The day I take workplace is the day that Kamala’s crime wave involves an finish. It is a crime wave in our nation. We have by no means seen something prefer it.”
