The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) chapter in Chicago has endorsed President Donald Trump for reelection.
The FOP president of the Chicago chapter, John Catanzara, told the Tribune of Trump, “I will do whatever I can for him.”
“I hope he makes a somewhat local appearance—that he doesn’t think Illinois is a lost cause and will just kind of mail it in.”
Catanzara told the Tribune that the endorsement largely reflects the views of its membership.
“But there’s definitely people who are not going to be happy about it,“ he told the paper. ”There are more Democrats, locally speaking, but there’s even some Democrats who would agree that the current president has been very good for employment and law enforcement these days.”
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, has endorsed Trump’s opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, also a Democrat.
“[Trump] has been a stalwart for supporting the men and women of this police department and constantly highlighting the issues within Chicago,” he told the outlet.
On Thursday, Trump announced that he had received an endorsement from the Police Officers Association of Michigan and took the chance to name drop a few more.
“As president, I will always support the heroes of law enforcement. I was very honored to receive the endorsement of the Police Officers Association of Michigan. ... Thank you, fellows,” Trump said. “That’s really nice. I'll tell you. That’s an honor. I have to be honest. I got it from Florida, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, South ... But Michigan is Michigan. Thank you.”
“I don’t think there’s any law enforcement officer that is against us,” he added.
Trump also shared with supporters in Michigan his promises for law enforcement, saying that the administration will see that more police are hired, increase penalties for assaults on law enforcement, increase federal prosecutors into high-crime communities, and ban sanctuary cities.
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