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Police union: Clinton snubbed us
The Hill ^ | August 6, 2016 | Jonathan Swan

Posted on 08/06/2016 6:37:05 AM PDT by maggief

Top officials at the biggest police union in the country are upset with Hillary Clinton, saying she snubbed them.

The leader of the National Fraternal Order of Police told The Hill that the Democrat sent a signal through her staff that she wouldn’t be seeking the union’s endorsement.

"It sends a powerful message. To be honest with you, I was disappointed and shocked," said Chuck Canterbury, the president of the National Fraternal Order of Police. "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."

Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump, is now actively seeking the union’s support as he trumpets a “law and order” message on the campaign tail.

Canterbury spoke to The Hill in a telephone interview Friday, shortly after he left Trump Tower in Manhattan.

He and other leaders of the police union — which says it represents 335,000 members — visited with Trump on Friday morning to sound out the Republican nominee about his positions on issues of importance to law enforcement officers. Politico first reported the meeting.

The union will not be meeting with Clinton because her campaign decided not to fill out a questionnaire that is required for seeking the police union's endorsement.

"We were talking to the highest levels of the campaign, and we had all indications that she was going to return the questionnaire," Canterbury said.

"And on the deadline date we were advised that they declined."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; copkillerparty; fop; hillary2016; leo; police; snub
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To: maggief

>>”It sends a powerful message. To be honest with you, I was disappointed and shocked,” said Chuck Canterbury, the president of the National Fraternal Order of Police. “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.”

Poor butthurt union bosses. Don’t worry. She’ll love cops when it comes time to nationalize them all to suppress the people.

Of course, there won’t be a cop union anymore since you’ll do what you’re told or you and your family can move over to other end of the gun barrels.

That’s what eating dinner with a tiger is like. Even if they promise to eat you last, they might just have more appetite than food.


21 posted on 08/06/2016 7:35:45 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: maggief

Has Canterbury not been listening to her rhetoric the last few months?

She is ‘no waze tard’ on the black lives matter bus, as she tosses police under it.

She is hoping to be dubbed the first female black president, as she panders to the black community. She is trying to parallel BJ’s election strategy.

[Of course, the fact that ARMED Secret Service had to surround and rescue her from a potential attack at a small rally this week has no impact on her as to the importance of armed security (including police).]


22 posted on 08/06/2016 7:36:39 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Don Corleone
...answering only to Tri-Lateral Commission and or Bilderberger higher ups.

If those Tri-Lats and Bilderbergers are such a danger to us, why haven't we killed them yet?

23 posted on 08/06/2016 7:40:34 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: TomGuy

I pasted “Hillary ARMED Secret Service had to surround and rescue her from a potential attack at a small rally this week” into the search box. No matches. Where was this?


24 posted on 08/06/2016 7:45:48 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: CodeToad

I’m retired LEO and now spend my time traveling the country training LEO’s. Speaking for myself I have spoken with a single officer that admits they are voting for Shillary. They feel betrayed by her and this administration.


25 posted on 08/06/2016 7:47:19 AM PDT by animal172 (Our time has passed.)
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To: animal172

They may not admit it, but that blue line will keep them in line.


26 posted on 08/06/2016 7:51:08 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: seamusnh

Any military person, active or retired that votes for Clinton is a total idiot. That _itch despises the military and would like nothing better that to continue the emasculation of it that Obama has started.


27 posted on 08/06/2016 7:57:32 AM PDT by falcon99
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To: JimRed

I made an assumption that they are ARMED.

CNN: Secret Service rushes stage to protect Clinton from protesters

August 4, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/04/politics/secret-service-agents-hillary-clinton-animal-rights/

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Ironic that the sign on her podium read: Stronger Together.

[Yeah, if you have armed guards protecting you 24-7.]


28 posted on 08/06/2016 8:03:20 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: blackdog

Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas.

While not totally panning these folks, they do have responsibility.


29 posted on 08/06/2016 8:13:41 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: maggief
Report: "Police Union, Clinton snubbed us."

Response: Her snub will have no effect. Her campaign is based totally upon mere assertion and total denial and it is working.

30 posted on 08/06/2016 8:14:38 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: maggief

They want to Federalize policing.


31 posted on 08/06/2016 8:17:32 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Aria

“Why are they shocked? Hillary and bill have called them pigs for decades...do they not know this?”

Those were my thoughts as well.


32 posted on 08/06/2016 8:25:20 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: maggief

That’s because Hillary Clinton is leader of The Cop-Killer Party.


33 posted on 08/06/2016 8:57:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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To: maggief

Hillary would have been for any union except the police, i will stick to what i believe, which is i don`t like unions as i believe they are nothing but thieves.


34 posted on 08/06/2016 9:04:14 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: maggief
unless this was the expected result and done simply to make a point, they are all dumbsh!ts for inviting the wretched beast in the first place and they are NOT on the side of the American people
35 posted on 08/06/2016 9:17:41 AM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: ravenwolf

Just because Hillary does not consider the police as friends do not mean they are friends of the Americans.

While there are many good policmen, as an institution they would do the same thing as Hitlers murdering police did, public servants thinks of their own welfare, that is why they are public servants.


36 posted on 08/06/2016 9:18:03 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; randita; ...

Shillery doesn’t want the FOP endorsement.

I guess she thinks it would hinder her efforts to incite BLM voters, she needs high turnout among them.


37 posted on 08/06/2016 10:48:46 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery)
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To: maggief

Clinton Chooses Black Lives Matter Over Law Enforcement Support

Kerry Picket
Reporter
2:28 PM 08/06/2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pursued the endorsement of Black Lives Matter activists but blew off the largest police union in the United States.

After almost a year of meeting with Black Lives Matter representatives, Clinton failed to garner the support of the movement’s co-founder Alicia Garza, but she managed to receive the endorsement of mothers championed by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Garza recently slammed Clinton, saying the former secretary of state only “uses black people for votes” and “photo ops,” but doesn’t “do anything for black communities” after getting elected.

Nevertheless the Clinton-Kaine campaign touts the support she received during the Democratic National Convention from mothers of the Black Lives Matter movement.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/06/clinton-chooses-black-lives-matter-over-law-enforcement-support/


38 posted on 08/07/2016 5:16:59 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Impy

There are way more gullible BLM tin foil creatures than there are police. It’s a no brainer for her.


39 posted on 08/07/2016 5:26:56 AM PDT by randita
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