Posted on 08/23/2020 10:28:09 AM PDT by karpov
The head of the union representing 4,000 New York State Police Troopers – a workforce overseen by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — is backing Republican President Trump’s re-election bid.
“Donald Trump has our back. President Trump has supported us when so many people have turned against us,” NYS Troopers PBA president Thomas Mungeer told the Post on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
“Joe Biden supported cops in the past but he’s turned his back on us,” said Mungeer, referring to the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee who is taking on Trump in the Nov. 3 general election.
Mungeer’s endorsement of Trump comes just ten days after New York City PBA president Patrick Lynch personally threw his union’s support behind Trump at an event with the president at his Bedminster, N.J. golf club.
The bottom line, Mungeer said, is that Democrats have swung too far to the left on criminal justice issues – leaning in the direction of criminal defendants at the expense of cops and law-abiding citizens.
He said the anti-law enforcement shift started before the protests and violence that erupted following the police brutality death of George Floyd in Minneapolis but has accelerated since then, including within the national Democratic Party. The recent crime spike in New York and other urban areas wasn’t specifically discussed during last week’s Democratic National Convention.
“Biden has taken anti-police stands that pander to his base,” Mungeer said.
He cited one issue in particular that separates Trump from Biden.
Trump supports preserving qualified immunity, the doctrine that shields police officers from being sued civilly for misconduct. Biden has said he wants to reform the immunity doctrine.
“No one is going to want to become a cop if he faces frivolous lawsuits,” Mungeer said.
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Every union that cares about its members should endorse President Trump. Unfortunately, most don’t; they are simply agents of the Demon-crats. The unions’ membership must think for itself and vote for the man who will restore/preserve their jobs.
Too funny - where were these idiots while Bloomy was Mayor, where were they when Whilhelm (Sig Hail) how does one say that in a commie tung, was running for Mayor
And if/when the S really HTF ie a coup/hostile takeover, the police and ultimately the military will also side with Trump. Then it will really be payback time (my prediction).
Any word yet on who the Oregon State Police are endorsing?
How can ANY law enforcement union endorse a Democrat?
Is this really news? I mean who did they support before?
...union boss...
Partisan Media Shills update.
>> the police brutality death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
I wonder if this reporter has bothered to read the autopsy and watch the body cam videos?
Ignore that fatal dose of self-administered fentanyl, it was all the officer’s fault. Of course.
“Is this really news? I mean who did they support before?”
Good question that was not mentioned in the posted article. Internet search revealed that this union does NOT normally endorse presidential candidates, making the Trump endorsement even more important and newsworthy.
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